Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
MIDI effects (MIDI plug-ins)
Adding Arpeggio
Figure 228. MFX Arpeggiator
The Arpeggiator command applies an arpeggio to its input and plays it back in real time. You can
make it arpeggiate with a swing feel, or straight and staccato or legato, vary its speed and direction,
and specify its range.
The parameters used to specify the arpeggiator effect are as follows:
Parameter/Option Meaning
Swing (%) The distortion of timing used to produce a swing feel. A value of 0% indicates
a straight rendition; negative and positive values produce distortion of the
timing grid. For more information
about swing, see “Swing” on page 698.
Rate The delay between successive notes.
Units The units used to specify the delay. You may specify delay in ticks, in
milliseconds, or as a note duration.
Legato (%) The smoothness of the notes of the arpeggio. 1 percent plays each notes and
releases it instantly. 99 percent plays each note up to the start of the next
note.
Path The direction of the arpeggio. Options are Up, Up (arpeggios go up), Up,
Down (arpeggios go up, then down), Down, Down (arpeggios go down),
Down, Up (arpeggios go down, then up).
Play thru The disposition of the notes you play to specify the arpeggio. Checked plays
the original notes. Unchecked filters out the original notes.
Specify output range The range over which the arpeggio plays. Checked specifies that the
arpeggiator repeats notes at each octave over the entire specified range.
Unchecked specifies that the arpeggiator includes only the notes you actually
play.
Lowest note The MIDI number of the lowest note of the arpeggio. Numbers run from 0 to
127.
Span (Notes) The number of half-steps in the range. Numbers run from 12 to 127.
Table 142.