[Re: arpeggiators]

[Harry Bissell]

"Harry Bissell" writes: An "advanced" arpeggiator might remember the order
that the notes were played in and arpeggiate them in that order- it would
still be "monophonic" but an "advancement" over the usual up - down or up/down
modes. Some "advanced" arpeggiators feature latched arps, random arps, etc.
Stretching the limit of "arpeggio" but hey, that's what an "advanced" arp
does. I have one on my "Turbo-DW" modded Korg DW8000.

:-) Harry Bissell

"Jim Johnson" <jamos at technotoys.com> wrote:
>To my understanding, an arpeggiator is pretty much just a loop/phrase
>sequence "keyed" to a specific note (the one that triggers the sequence)
>and played untill pressure or the "lock" is released. Am I close?

Not at all.

An arpeggiator scans the keyboard and outputs any notes that are held down,
one at a time, monophonically. A basic arpeggiator will have controls for
speed, direction, and perhaps a range extend switch.

<Shameless plug, but you asked for it> To see my definition of an advanced
arpeggiator, check out Arp-X8 (Windows) at my web site, below.

Jim Johnson 
Metaphoric Software
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On 3/22/99 at 2:33 PM Claire F. wrote:

>I was just reading a little bit on the new Waldorf Q synth (yummy?) and
>noticed yet another compnay brining up, but noe defining, their "advanced
>arpeggiator." I got to thinking on what exactly an advanced
>arpeggiator might be (I vote for extraneous lights that spell out the
>name of your favorite old analog in tempo to the arp), which begs the (on
>topic) question, "what is a basic arpeggiator?"
>To my understanding, an arpeggiator is pretty much just a loop/phrase
>sequence "keyed" to a specific note (the one that triggers the sequence)
>and played untill pressure or the "lock" is released. Am I close?
>What I was wondering is this: What do you guys think would be must have
>features on an "advanced" arpeggiator? Why?
>Just curious with a long day of work left ahead of me.
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>"The SCI Prophet 600... tear it out of that housing, rack 'er up and
>  semi-modularize it, and you got yourself one heck of a machine..."




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