Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Sounds great!!
Looking forward to testing it.

a|x



On 27 Apr 2009, at 21:00, patrioticduo wrote:

> Hi Poly fans,
>
> I am in the process of writing the code for an arpeggiator for the  
> Poly.
>
> I have a couple of questions since I've not used an arp for some  
> time and also, I want to make the ARP unique in its functions  
> compared to other ARP's.
>
> What does everybody think about the following ARP features?
>
> In ARP mode, the display will show "A" (replacing the "P") and only  
> Poly mode is supported when in ARP mode. You select ARP mode by  
> holding down the "Poly" button and then pressing the Seq. Start  
> button. This makes it very easy to get into ARP mode for  
> performances. To exit ARP mode, simply press the sequencer start/ 
> stop button again.
>
> In ARP mode, any MIDI received notes or played notes will be  
> inserted into the arpeggiator buffer. The notes will not be  
> immediately played but instead, will be inserted into the  
> arpeggiator such that the notes
> will be played out in sequence according to the arpeggiator clock  
> rate (based upon either on board sequencer rate or MIDI clock rate).  
> So if you were to hit four notes at once then each one would be  
> played out on subsequent note ticks. The notes would be played out  
> in order according to the sweep mode.
>
> The arpeggiator user settings will be stored in global mode  
> parameters and will include the following:
>
> ARP_SWEEP - 1=Up, 2=Down, 3=Up/Down, 4=Down/Up, 5=FIFO, 6=random.
> Up - plays the notes in an upward sweep.
> Down - plays the notes in a downward sweep.
> Up/Down - plays the notes in an initial upward sweep followed by a  
> downward sweep and thereupon repeats.
> Down/Up - plays the notes in an initial downward sweep followed by  
> an upward sweep and thereupon repeats.
> FIFO - plays the notes in the order in which they were originally  
> played.
> Random - plays the notes in random order.
>
> ARP_RANGE - 0=none, 1=1 octave, 2=2 octaves, 3=3 octaves.
> 0 - plays only the notes that are played.
> 1 - plays the played notes and the same notes one octave higher.
> 2 - plays the played notes and the same notes one octave higher and  
> one octave lower.
> 3 - plays the played notes along with one and two octaves higher and  
> lower.
>
> ARP_DELAY - 1-64 = number of arp ticks to delay note off
> ARP_FORSTEP - 0=off, 1 thru 128. On each arp tick skip forward this  
> number of arp notes.
> ARP_BACKSTEP - 0=off, 1 thru 128. On each arp tick move backward  
> this number of arp notes
> ARP_REST - 0=off, 1 thru 128. The number of arp notes to play before  
> a rest is played instead of the arp note.
> ARP_SINGLE - 1=play the arpeggiator when 1 or more notes are played,  
> 2=play when 2 or more notes are played.
>
> Now, you can see that I am trying to make the ARP behave in a way  
> that allows for some funky stepping forward and backward as well as  
> skipping on sounding notes. What does everyone think of those  
> features?
>
> Mike.
>
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