Specifications

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
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The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
EachzoneinasetuphasitsownArpeggiator.Whenactivated,eachArpeggiatortakesMIDI
noteinputfromthePC3LEkeyboard(orviaMIDI)andoutputsarhythmicpatternofMIDI
notes.Youcancontrolthespeedandnatureofthepatterninrealtime.EachArpeggiatorcan
affectboththe
PC3LEandexternalMIDIinstruments.ThenotesproducedbytheArpeggiator
inagivenzonegotoallofthatzone’sdestinations:local,MIDI,orboth.Youcanalsosetone
zone’sarpeggiatortooverridearpeggiatorsonotherzonesusingtheArpeggiatorGlobal
(ArpGlobal)parameteronSetupMode’sCOMMONpage.
The
conceptbehindthePC3LE’sArpeggiatorsisfairlysimple,althoughtheoptionsare
extensive.YoumightthinkofeachArpeggiatorasa“noteprocessor,”generatingcomplex
outputfromrelativelymodestinput.Youcanselectanynumberofnotesfortheinput,andtell
theArpeggiatortorecognizeandrememberthem.This
iscalled“latching”thenotes.The
Arpeggiatorthenprocessesthembyplayingthemrepeatedly,and/ortransposingthemupand
downthekeyboard.Youhavecontroloverseveralprocessingparameters:velocity,order,
duration,transposition,orchestration,whetherthenotesareplayedsimultaneously,and
whethertheintervalsbetweennotesarefilledchromatically.Youcan
alsotelltheArpeggiator
howtodealwithnewinformationcomingfromthekeyboardwhentheArpeggiatorisalready
processingnotes.
Thearpeggiatoralsoincludesstepsequencersfornoteandvelocityshifting,allowingyouto
morepreciselycontrolhowyourMIDInoteinputisprocessed.Setthearpeggiatorparameters
on
theARPEGGIATORandARPEGGIATOR2pages:
The ARPEGGIATOR Page
Note:InProgramMode,pressingtheArpbuttonwillbringyoutoasimilarArpeggiatorscreenforthe
currentprogram.
Parameter Range of Values Default
Active On/Off Off
Beats 1/1 (Whole Notes) to 1/384 (96 notes per beat) 1/16 (16th Notes)
Play Order Played, Upwards, Downwards, UpDown, UpDown Repeat,
Random, Shuffle, Walking, Simultaneous
Played
Duration 1% to 100% 100%
Velocity First, Played, Last, Aftertouch, MIDI 109, Fixed, Pattern (1-
74 factory patterns, user created patterns,) Human1-4,
Chimp1-4, MissNotes1-9
Played
ShiftAmount ± 88 Semitones 0
ShiftLimit 0-60 24
Limit Option Stop, Reset, Unipolar, Bipolar, Float Res, Float Uni, Float Bip Unipolar
ShftPattrn (Shift Pattern) Off, (1-69 factory patterns, user created patterns) Off