Programming the arpeggiator

adamfake · Post by **adamfake** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:45 pm

I'd like to get my head around the arpeggiator and was looking into be able to program specifics and wasn't even sure if what i want to do can be done.

I'll base this on an example in order to help get to my point quick enough.

I understand that i have the 8 step sequencer in which the notes will play dependent on which of the 8 buttons are selected. So if i hit a C and and have Arp. buttons 1,3,5,7 selected i understand that it will play a C note on each of the buttons i have selected. I know that if i then i hit a C and E note at the same time and then have all 8 Apr. buttons selected it will play a C note on the 1,3,5,7 buttons and an E note on the 2,4,6,8 Arp. buttons.

If i wanted to play a C note on 'Apr. button 1' and an E note on 'Arp. button 2' and an G note on 'Arp. button 3. and an A note on Arp. button 5' - how would i go about achieving it? Would i have to press down on C, E, G and A keys all at the same time while having Apr. buttons 1,2,3 and 5 selected on the sequencer?

Are there alternative options to approaching programming the arpeggiator?

Apologies if this is long winded and a bit naive, i'm new to the Microkorg and just playing around with it and i'm sure the more i do the more educated i'll become in it.

adamfake · Post by **adamfake** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:52 pm

Apologies if this post didn't make that much sense, i'd appreciate any help possible, i've been playing around with it but still only managing to achieve certain outcomes and can't get that specific with it.

Any help or advice would be truly appreciated.

computerwelt · Post by **computerwelt** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 3:11 am

i just tried it out and the only way i could get it to hit those notes on those specific steps each time was to go to arpeggi. b and change the "last step" (refer to the matrix if you have to) to 6 instead of 8. this means that the arpeggiator only uses six of the eight steps. granted, this will make the time signature a little weird since you're dealing with six steps and not eight, so 16th notes will come out in 3/4 time i think.

if you change the "last step" to 5 and not 6, it will not work because for whatever reason it goes "CEGxA" and then starts with A again instead of going back to C. but with the sixth step included, it resets itself to "CEGxA" over and over again. it's late here and i don't have headphones so i couldn't screw around with it enough to see if there is a better solution, but if you need any more clarification on what i did find let me know!