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177MainStage Effects
Note order parameters
All note order parameters can be changed while an arpeggio is playing. Changes are
immediate and are seamlessly applied to the running arpeggio.
• Rate knob and field: Set the arpeggiator rate. Choose from: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 (including
triplet and dotted notes), and 1/32. You can also click the field to choose a value from a
pop-up menu. The LED indicates the rate and briefly changes color at the start of each
new cycle.
• Direction buttons: Set the arpeggio direction.
• Up: The arpeggio is played from the lowest note to the highest note.
• Down: The arpeggio is played from the highest note to the lowest note.
• Up/Down: The arpeggio plays up and down, from the lowest note; the highest and
lowest notes repeat.
• Outside-in: The arpeggio plays the highest then the lowest notes, then the second
highest and second lowest, the third highest and third lowest, and so on.
• Random: Arpeggiated notes play in a random order.
• As played: All notes play in the order they were triggered.
• Lock button: Works in conjunction with the As played button. When you first click the
As played button, an open lock symbol is shown. Click the open lock symbol once
you have triggered an arpeggio to lock the current note order, indicated by a closed
lock. This note order and feel is retained for any newly triggered arpeggios, but
with new notes replacing the original notes. Click the lock symbol again to clear the
locked note order and to revert to the standard “as played” behavior. The lock state
and note order can be saved with a setting.
• Variation switch: Determine the type of note order variation. See MainStage Arpeggiator
MIDI plug-in note order variations for details.
• Oct Range/Inversions button: Switch between two modes: Octave Range or Inversions.
The four-position Oct Range/Inversion switch below the buttons is used to determine
the octave range or the chord inversion pattern.
• Oct Range/Inversion switch: Determine the octave range or the chord inversion pattern.
See MainStage Arpeggiator MIDI plug-in note order inversions for details on the four
switch position behaviors in Inversions mode.
In Octave Range mode:
• Position 1: The arpeggio repeats without transposition.
• Position 2: The lowest note is transposed by one octave. Once repeated, the
arpeggio restarts in the original octave.
• Position 3: The first repetition is transposed by one octave, and the second
repetition is transposed by two octaves. Once the second repetition is played, the
arpeggio restarts in the original octave.
• Position 4: The first repetition is transposed by one octave, the second by two
octaves, and the third by three octaves. Once the third repetition is played, the
arpeggio restarts in the original octave.