Arpeggiator

OHEXOH · 2013-10-25T12:20:31.000Z

Hello, I’m happy to announce I am a new Elektronaut!

Recently I got myself an A4 and am loving it overall. There are a few areas which are baffling me but that can be another topic!

What I’m looking for currently are tips with the Arpeggiator. I’m really interested in creating poly-rhythms and building / changing patterns. Do any of you have any great tips & advice?

All welcome

OH/

void · 2013-10-25T12:52:20.000Z

dunno if it’s a great tip, but it’s a tip:

ARP pattern transition trick Analog Keys/Four

So in another forum a question came up regarding this video: at ca. 1:14, Cenk brings in a slow bass, with its three notes being 32 steps each, so the bassline repeats every 96 steps. It looks like he’s in one pattern, no chain or song mode. So how does this work? I’ve tried to reconstruct this, and one possibility (the only one I have found) was to use the arp as follows: in a default empty pattern with length 16 Place one single trig on step one of a track. Let’s call this trig the ARP TR…

avantronica · 2013-10-25T12:58:15.000Z

fairly new myself too, welcome

there are a few good threads on this already

best to think of the graphic arpeggiator page as an overlay to the other settings, the No2>4 parameters are faking a held chord (if you want)- what you can do with the mini keys is different to that which you can record (this applies to a few things, including legato)

i’m constantly amazed at the flexibility, but you have to keep exploring to find the potential and what works for you

avantronica · 2013-10-25T12:58:53.000Z

""void"":

dunno if it’s a great tip, but it’s a tip:

ARP pattern transition trick

it’s a great tip !

OHEXOH · 2013-10-25T14:33:05.000Z

Hey Void - that is a pretty amazing tip and super useful tutorial video. The Google site search link didn’t work but I spent a little while browsing the internal site’s each results. Some good information.

Definitely feels like there’s some room for improvement… hopefully Elektron will tinker in this area. Until then…