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Hey all, I tried to record myself turning the arp on/off into my songs
but not go. I just want it to arpeggiate when the breakdown comes and
then shut of and maybe add it a few other times in the song also. How
can I do this?

Off the top of my head, yo could set up a contoller to control the Arp 
Velocity. In the Preset Patch cords, Midi K is probably controlling the 
Arp Velocity and is set to a value of 100. If you make it -100, then 
with Midi K in the zero (default) position you get the full Arp and in 
the max position you get no Arp.
Regards,
Keith

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@...> wrote:

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> Hey all, I tried to record myself turning the arp on/off into my songs
> but not go. I just want it to arpeggiate when the breakdown comes and
> then shut of and maybe add it a few other times in the song also. How
> can I do this?
>

Cool idea - I never thought of that.  You can with controller 80 (I think - either that or 79 or 81).  Set a track you've already recorded stuff into to external and you can see the events that the sequencer puts in at tick 0.  One of those messages (79, 80 or 81) is for Arp, and one is for Sub/out.  Can't remember which offhand...

-Aaron

----- Original Message ----
From: dutchbeats <dutchbeats@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2008 6:12:16 AM
Subject: [xl7] Can I Record Arp on/off into my sequences?

Hey all, I tried to record myself turning the arp on/off into my songs
but not go. I just want it to arpeggiate when the breakdown comes and
then shut of and maybe add it a few other times in the song also. How
can I do this?


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Thanks Keith! I was able to use the Preset Patch Cords to turn on/off
the arp but realized I will have to make a duplicate track just for
the arp since I can only either hear the track with the arp on or not
hear the track at all. I want to hear the track with no arp and then
bring in the arp now and then. More questions coming soon! 










--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Young" <emigr8@...> wrote:

>
> Off the top of my head, yo could set up a contoller to control the Arp 
> Velocity. In the Preset Patch cords, Midi K is probably controlling the 
> Arp Velocity and is set to a value of 100. If you make it -100, then 
> with Midi K in the zero (default) position you get the full Arp and in 
> the max position you get no Arp.
> Regards,
> Keith
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all, I tried to record myself turning the arp on/off into my songs
> > but not go. I just want it to arpeggiate when the breakdown comes and
> > then shut of and maybe add it a few other times in the song also. How
> > can I do this?
> >
>

I think I found a solution. I made a duplicate track with the arp set
to on and I just mute and unmute whenever the break comes. Which
brings me to my next question:

In song mode I lay down a bunch of the same pattern and go through
after in real-time record and mute and unmute tracks on the fly,
however, each time the pattern loops all of the original mute/unmute
track settings are returned! how can I work around this?

PS - I checked the manual and the external cc for arp is 80: 0=off,
1=on, 2=preset, 3=master

Cheers





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Keith! I was able to use the Preset Patch Cords to turn on/off
> the arp but realized I will have to make a duplicate track just for
> the arp since I can only either hear the track with the arp on or not
> hear the track at all. I want to hear the track with no arp and then
> bring in the arp now and then. More questions coming soon! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Young" <emigr8@> wrote:
> >
> > Off the top of my head, yo could set up a contoller to control the
Arp 
> > Velocity. In the Preset Patch cords, Midi K is probably
controlling the 
> > Arp Velocity and is set to a value of 100. If you make it -100, then 
> > with Midi K in the zero (default) position you get the full Arp
and in 
> > the max position you get no Arp.
> > Regards,
> > Keith
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey all, I tried to record myself turning the arp on/off into my
songs
> > > but not go. I just want it to arpeggiate when the breakdown
comes and
> > > then shut of and maybe add it a few other times in the song
also. How

> > > can I do this?
> > >
> >
>