Index 9Arpeggiator Contents
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Normal: In this mode, captured notes
remaininthe chordbuffer onlyforaslong
as the corresponding key is held down.
The arpeggiator output pattern varies
dynamically as keys are released.When
no keys are being held down, the
arpeggiatorproduces nooutput.
Auto Hold: Under Auto Hold, captured
notes remain in the chord buffer
indefinitely, even after all held keys have
beenreleased.Thearpeggiocontinuesto
play asifall keyswhichhavebeen played
werestill beingheld.New notescontinue
to be captured as long as at least one
key is still being held. The first note or
chordwhichisplayedfollowingtherelease
ofallkeysbeginsanewcapture"session",
at the same time clearing all previously
capturednotes.
Capture Mode
These settings control the way in which
receivedMIDInotes are
captured
to(and
removed from) the chord buffer. One of
thefourpossiblemodes isalwaysactive.
In all capture modes, the arpeggiator
keepstrackoftheorderinwhichcaptured
notesarrived,inadditiontorecordingnote
number (of course) and velocity for each
note.Thus,theuse ofboth NoteNumber
and Note Order scan modes is always
possible,regardlessoftheCapture Mode
setting.
Thecapturemodesettingcanbechanged
at any time. In some cases, after doing
this,youmayneedto useClear to empty
the chord buffer completely (e.g., if you
change from Auto Hold to Normal after
releasing all keys).
Extend1:Notes areadded tothe chord
buffer as they are played and remain in
thechordbufferindefinitely.Thiscapture
modepermits notesto beadded oneat
atime.Extend modethusmakesiteasy
to create melodic arpeggios – a
particularnotecanappearmultipletimes
atdifferentpoints withinthe arpeggio.
Note capture continues until the chord
buffer is full (sixteen captured notes).
TheClear button mustbe usedto clear
the chord buffer and silence the
arpeggiator, or to capture a new chord.
Note that Scan Mode (see following
section) must be set to Note Order in
order to have the arpeggiator play the
notes back in the order in which they
were captured.
