LinPlug Spectral User Manual

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of notes (assuming a 1/16 Tempo setting and the Arpeggiator being in Up

mode):
Firstly, note C would be played with maximum velocity and duration 1/16

Then note E would be played the same way. Next there would be a 1/16

duration pause, followed by the note G played with a velocity of 100 and a

note duration of 1/8

(as the following step is tied to this step). Then the

note C would be played with a velocity of 30 and a duration of 1/16

length.

Finally, there would be a 1/8

pause.

Please note that the arpeggio will vary so that when it returns to step one it
will now play an E with velocity of 127 and 1/16

duration; that's because

the chord has 3 notes while the pattern contains 4 notes. In this case the
arpeggiator will play C-E-G-C followed by E-G-C-E and then G-C-E-G

before starting with the first pattern again. This is very useful for some
rhythmic variations but can be confusing at first.

Transpose as we will see later using a setting of 2 or more octaves may
lead to transposition of notes, but each step can also have its own

transposition: Changing this value within the range -24 to +24 creates some
additional variation to the arpeggio.

Gate In addition to the global Gate parameter left of the display each step

can have its own length setting. Both settings, global Gate and Gate of the
step together form the step length (the time the Note is On during this

particular step).
Note: on top of this, this parameter can be modulated in the Matrix

(destination Arp Gate).

Note Number If you not yet got confused by the variations possible, here is
the next chance: Usually the arpeggio plays the notes one by one, this is

always the case until you touch the Note Number parameter which is
available at the bottom left.

Basically what it does is going to a specific note in the chord being played.
Two examples:

If you play C-E-G (the time order matters here, so first C, than E, than G,

even if played as a chord). So the Arp (without taking the note number into
consideration), as its in Down mode, would play

G-E-C-G E-C-G-E C-G-E-C and so on forever.