User Manual

56 ARTURIA – Analog Laboratory – USER’S MANUAL
5.5.9 Melody
The Melody is an integral part of Analog Laboratory, and allows complex harmonic and
melodic patterns to be easily played. In short, it is a combination of an arpeggiator and a
sequencer: a sequence of notes that is triggered upon each note played.
The melody can be assigned to either the Upper sound of the Scene, the Lower sound of
the Scene, or deactivated if none is selected. This is done in the Scene Edit screen
shown below, the name of the currently selected melody also appears here:
Melody section of the Scene Edit screen
Tempo is set using the Tempo fader, to the right of both ADSR envelopes, or can be
synced to an external source.
Tempo fader
There are 180 melodies available to choose from in 10 different styles. There is a Melody
assigned to each Scene preset by default, but the user may change it if he or she
wishes. In order to do that, one must open the Melody Setup Screen by clicking on the
pencil icon in the lower right-hand corner of the Melody section. The interface that
appears looks like this:
The Melody Setup screen
The Melody setup screen is a filter that allows the user to choose only a specific musical
style from among the presets. For example, if one clicks on Electro, only Electro-style
Melodies will appear in the Melodies zone, which are listed by Name and Genre (musical
style).
For example, if you wanted to change the Melody of a scene you would click on the
pencil icon in the Melody section of Scene Edit, browse the Melodies directly or use the