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ARPEGGIATOR MODULE
==================
With this module, you can create arpeggios by pressing chords on your
MIDI keyboard. The module contains not one, but four arpeggiators
which run simultaneously. Each one of the four arpeggiators can have
its own settings for input/output, MIDI channel, type of arpeggio etc.
The arpeggiator can be played in real time and you can record its
output to any MIDI track in Cubase. You can also use a recorded track
as an input to the arpeggiator.
On/Off, Input and Output
========================
In the top left corner of the Arpeggiator you will find four activity
indicators with a checkbox below each one. Each checkbox has two
functions: You click on it once to select an Arpeggiator to make
settings for (see below). When selected, the box turns black. Another
click turns the module on/off. This is shown with a tick inside the
box.
It is possible to have all four arpeggiators turned on at the same
time (checked), but only one can be selected for editing (black).
To the right of the checkboxes you will find the Input pop-up menu.
This is where you select the source of MIDI input to the arpeggiator.
The MROS alternative is used to route the output of a track to the
arpeggiator (explained in detail below). The input setting applies to
all of the four arpeggiators.
The two buttons below the Input pop-up are used to Load and Save
Arpeggiator settings.
Individual Arpeggiator Settings
===============================
The following settings are made separately for each one of the four
arpeggiators.
LEFT PART OF THE DIALOG BOX:
Channel: This is the output MIDI channel of the selected
arpeggiator.
Output: The output device of the selected arpeggiator. The MROS
setting is used to record the arpeggio into a track in
Cubase (explained below).
Instr If you have defined an Instrument in the Arrange window,
you can direct your arpeggio output to this instrument.
The Channel and Output settings will then change
correspondingly.
Classic Arp: When this box is checked the arpeggiator does a classic
arpeggio that plays the notes you press up and down
repeatedly through the range set in the range or max/min
note boxes. When the box is unchecked you can set the
arpeggio characteristics in the "Sort Box" below.
The Sort Box:
The Sort Box is a graphical description of the arpeggio. It becomes
"greyed out" when Classic Arp is checked. The number of notes in the
graph represent the number of different notes in the arpeggio. The
pitches of the notes in the graph represent the relative pitch of each
note in the arpeggio. The pitch range of the notes is C1 to A2 (treble
clef), but please note that these are not absolute pitches, but
relative ones. The actual pitches produced by the arpeggiator depends
on which notes you play on your keyboard.
You can add, delete and move notes up/down with the mouse buttons.
Clicking a note with the right mouse button will raise the pitch one
"step". The left button lowers the pitch until the lowest pitch is
reached.
* A click with the left mouse button on a C1 (the lowest possible
pitch) deletes that note and all following notes.
* Clicking a note with the right mouse button while holding the
[Alt] key will produce an arrow that changes the pitch one half
tone. Repeated clicks will switch the arrow up/down.
* [Alt]+left mouse button deletes the arrow.
* Double clicking in the white field will call up a menu with preset
note series.
Use Record: With this function activated, the Arpeggiator uses
the notes "recorded" in the Rec./Hold section as input
to the arpeggiator, instead of realtime input from a MIDI
keyboard or a track. To use it, follow the steps below:
1. Check the "Use Record" box.
2. Click the Rec./Hold button so it gets highlighted.
3. Press the keys you want to record on your MIDI keyboard.
4. Click the Rec./Hold button again to deactivate it.
5. Play a key on your MIDI keyboard.
The arpeggiator will now play a transposed arpeggio based on the notes
on the screen keyboard, beginning at the note you pressed on your MIDI
keyboard. If you want to change chord "on the fly", proceed like this:
1. Click the Rec./Hold button while you're still holding down the key
on the MIDI keyboard.
2. Release the key on the MIDI keyboard and play the new chord.
3. Release the chord and click the Rec./Hold button to deactivate it.
4. Press a key on the MIDI keyboard to trigger the new chord.
Min Notes: When "Use Record" is unchecked, this parameter sets the
minimum amount of keys that have to be pressed for the
arpeggio to start.
MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN:
Mode: This pop-up menu sets the arpeggio mode.
-Normal: This is the normal up/down arpeggio.
-Invert: If Classic Arp is unchecked this inverts the
arpeggio when the top note is reached.
-Down: A repeating arpeggio downwards. Only works
in Classic Arp mode.
-Up: A repeating arpeggio upwards.
Run quant: This function will quantize the arpeggio output to
the song position, when Cubase is running. If you want
the arpeggio to run "in sync" with Cubase, activate this.
Quantize: This parameter sets the "speed" of the arpeggio.
Length: Sets the length (in ticks) of the output notes.
Max/Min Note:Sets the maximum range of the arpeggio notes when the
Range switch is set to Off.
Range: This function deactivates the Max/Min function. Instead
it sets the range to a number of notes starting with the
lowest note you press on your MIDI keyboard. A setting of
12 gives you a range of one octave, counted upwards
from the lowest note you press.
Imm. Range: This function only works when Classic Arp is
unchecked. When Immediate Range is checked the
arpeggio immediately jumps to the nearest note inside
the set range when a chord is pressed. If unchecked,
the arpeggio will start at the pressed key and work
itself into the set range and then stay there.
Recording An Arpeggio Into A Cubase Track:
==========================================
1. Open the MIDI Setup dialog box and make sure that both ATARI
and MROS are active in the "Record From" pop-up.
2. Set the arpeggiator input to "ATARI". Set all arpeggiator outputs
that you want to record, to "MROS".
3. Make the Arrange window the top window and activate recording.
4. Play the desired chords on your keyboard.
If the arpeggio outputs were set to different MIDI channels, be sure
to set the MIDI channel on the recorded track to "Any" if you want to
keep the channel assignments when playing back.
Using A Cubase Track As Input To The Arpeggiator
================================================
1. Set the desired Tracks to output to "MROS".
2. Set the arpeggiator Input to MROS.
3. Start Playback.