Specifications

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
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TheArpeggiatorcanbealotoffun,evenifyoudon’talwaysunderstandexactlywhatit’sdoing.
Keepinmindthatthestrangerthealgorithmyousetup,themoreunlikely thenoteswillstay
closetoonekey,soifyouwanttocreatesomethingthat’sgoingtosound
atalldiatonic,keepit
simple.
Shift Pattern (ShiftPatt)
ShiftPattengagesastepsequencerforarpeggiatornotepatterns.Theinputtednotenumberof
eachplayedkeyisshiftedaccordingtoasequencedpattern,thus“ShiftPattern.”ThePC3LEhas
preprogramedshiftpatternsincludingmanyusefulchords,intervals,andrhythms.Youcan
also
createyourowncustomshiftpatterns(seebelowfordetails.)Eachpatterncanhaveupto48
steps,andeachstepcanshiftnotesby±127half‐stepsorplaynothing.Stepsareplayedbackat
theratesetforBeatsontheARPEGGIATORpage.KeepinmindthatShift
Patternsareeffected
byeveryparameterontheARPEGGIATORpage,whichcanbethecauseofunexpected
variation,orawaytoaddinterestingvariationtoapattern.
ShiftPatternsaremosteasilyusedandunderstoodwhentriggeredbyonlyonekeyatatime.
Onewaytopreventtriggeringfrom
multiplekeysistouseoneoftheLatchtypes1NoteAuto,
1NoteAutoLow,or1NoteAutoHiwhenusingashiftpattern(seeLatch on page 7‐42,below.)
Triggeringshiftpatternsfromonekeyallowsthepreprogramedpatternstosoundlikewhat
youwouldexpectfromtheir names.Ifnootherkeysareplaying,
patternswillstartovereach
timeakeyispressed(therearesomeexceptionstothiswhenusingARPEGGIATORLatchparameters
otherthan“Keys,”thoughanewlytriggeredpatternwillalwaysstartatstep1.)WhentriggeringShift
Patternsfrommorethanonekeyatatime,eachconsecutivestep
ofthepatternshiftsthenote
fromadifferentinputtedkey,theorderofwhichisdecidedbytheorderparameteronthe
ARPEGGIATORpage.Thismeansthateachkeywillnotbeshiftedbyeverystepofthepattern,
causingyoutoonlyhearpartofthepatternfromeach
key,oftenmakingthepattern
unrecognizable.ThoughtriggeringaShiftpatternfrommultiplekeyscanbeusedcreatively,it
canalsomakeithardtopredictwhattheoutputwillbe.
Youcanedittheincludedpatternsbypressing“Edit”withapatternhighlightedintheShiftPatt
field(seeedit
screenbelow.)ShiftPatternscanonlybeeditedfromwithintheSetupEditor(shift
patternseditedinthesetupeditorcanbeusedbythearpeggiatorinProgrammode.)Thetoplineofthe
“EditShiftPatt”pageshowsthefullnameforapatternwhosenamedoesnotfitonthe

ARPEGGIATORpage.Thispagealsodisplaysthepattern’stotalnumberofsteps,aswellas
patterndirection.PressingStep‐removesthelaststepinthelist,pressingStep+insertsanew
notestepattheendofthelist(thepatterneditorremembersthevaluesofremovedstepsuntil
you
saveorexit.)Usethecursortomovebetweenpatternsteps,usethealphawheel,
alphanumericpad,orplus/minusbuttonstoenterthenoteshiftamountforeachstep.Press
Moretoseeasecondpageforpatternswithmorethan24steps.Youcaninsertastepwitha
value
of“none”byentering‐127andthenshiftingdownonemorestep.Astepwiththevalue
“none”causesthearpeggiatortoplaynothingforthatstep,allowingyoutocreaterhythmic
patternsbyusing“none”toleavespaces.Whenthearpeggiatordeterminestherangeofpattern
notesplayedwith
theLimitparameter(seebelow,)stepswithavalueof“none”willbe
calculatedasastepvalueof0.
Usethechanup/downbuttonstochangethedirectioninwhichpatternstepsareplayed
(indicatedby Up,Down,orFlatontherightofthetopline.) Withpattern
directionsettoUp,
thepatternplaysasexpected,startingatsteponeandmovingupthrougheachsteptowards
step48.WithpatterndirectionsettoDown,thepatternstartsatstepone,butthenmovestothe
laststepandcontinuestomovebackwardsthroughthesteps
downtowardsstep1.
Additionally,patternssettoDownbaseallnotesaftersteponeintheoctavebelowthefirstnote
played.Thesesettingsaremostusefulforarpeggiatingchordpatternsupwardsordownwards
fromtherootnote.PatternssettoFlatwillnotrepeatinotheroctaveslikethose
settoUpor