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CHAPTER 22. LIVE MIDI EFFECT REFERENCE 343
can be added to the pattern simply by playing them. Notes can also be removed from the
pattern in this scenario by playing them a second time, allowing the gradual buildup and
rearrangement of the pattern over time.
Tip: If you want the pattern to stop playing, momentarily deactivate Hold.
The Offset parameter shifts the sequence of notes in the pattern by the number of places
selected with the control. This is best illustrated with an example: A setting of 1 makes
the second note in the pattern play rst, and the rst note last. If you imagine the pattern
as a circle of notes that is played in a clockwise direction from a set start point, the Offset
parameter effectively rotates this circle counter-clockwise one note at a time, changing
where in the pattern play begins.
With the Repeats parameter, the pattern can be set to repeat a specied number of times
until it is retriggered. A setting of inf will repeat the pattern indenitely. Hint: This
feature provides an excellent way of emulating the strum of a guitar or playing a chord as
an arpeggio once or twice. Another interesting effect can be achieved by combining this
feature with the Retrigger parameter, which we will explain in a moment. This can be used
to create rhythmically generated arpeggios separated by pauses.
The Retrigger parameter resets the pattern so that it starts again from the beginning.
Retriggering can be deactivated (Off), set to occur when new notes are pressed (Note) or
set to occur at a specied song position or beat-time (Beat). Beat retriggering can be
specied in terms of notes or bars and is aligned with song position. An LED in the upper
right corner of the section indicates when the pattern has been retriggered.
22.1.2 Transposition and Velocity Sections
The patter n generated by Arpeggiator can be transposed; the device's transposition controls
allow forcing this transposition into a specic major or minor key or (using the Transpose
chooser's Shift option) doing it in semitones. The distance between transposition steps is
set in scale intervals (for Major and Minor transposition) or semitones (for Shift transposition)
with the Distance control. Using the Steps parameter, you can choose the number of times
the sequence is transposed. When Distance is set to a positive value, a setting of 8 Steps will
transpose the sequence a total of eight times, playing it in higher notes each time. (When
Distance is set to a negative value, the sequence will transpose lower each time.)