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More arpeggiator parameters – LinPlug Spectral User Manual

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More Arpeggiator Parameters

On each side of the display there are a couple of controls to modify how the

Arpeggiator works:

The Steps parameter allows you to define how many of the available 32
steps are actually used for a particular arpeggio. Note that wile most

arpeggios may have 8, 16, 24 or 32 steps for rhythmic variation a few more
or less, for example 7, 14 or 15 steps can be amazingly interesting.

The setting of the Gate defines the actual duration of each note. While the

Tempo setting (described next) determines the time subdivision of each
arpeggiator step, the Gate parameter determines how much of this time

subdivision that the note is on and how much it is off.
For example, with the Gate set at 100, the note is the full step length. A

middle setting of 50 means that the note plays for half of the time (for
example if the Tempo parameter was set to 1/16

th

then in this case the note

would have an actual duration equivalent to a 1/32

nd

note).

Note: The effect of shorter Gate values is only prominent with sounds that

have a short release time.

The 4 Octave buttons to the left of the Step Display extend the arpeggiated
note range regardless of the octave in which the note was originally played.

For example, setting the Octave to 2 means that the notes of the chord will
be played as originally played, and also transposed by one octave up. This

can be extended up to 4 octaves (original + 3ocatves up).

The setting of the Retrigger switch determines whether or not a new chord
will restart the Arpeggiator. If Retrigger is activated and there is a gap

between two consecutive chords, the Arpeggiator will restart when the
second chord is played. If Retrigger is deactivated the Arpeggiator will

continue onto the next step when a new chord is played.

Next to the Retrigger are the Transpose On/Off and Length On/Off
switches. While usually you might want to have them On, you can control

the effect of the Transpose and length parameter on the pattern by
switching this Off and On. Moreover, when set to Off you might find it useful

to use either or both Transpose and Length as a modulation value (via the
Mod Matrix) and thus modify another parameter of Spectral with each

Arpeggiator step.

Velocity On the right side we first have the “A Vel P” dial. This one is about
Velocity. While each step of an arpeggio has its “automatic” velocity.