Good one. The Blokas Midihub has MIDI FX including Arps.
This is what the Arp Pipe do :
Arpeggiator
A modifier pipe that produces arpeggios using the held down notes at the given rate, using the velocity of the last note held down or aftertouch. Swing and accent can be applied to the produced notes. The notes produced are quantized to the tempo, so MIDI Clock messages must reach this pipe for it to be able to do its work. The notes only get produced on quantization grid.
The arpeggio sequences will get repeated on the next octave, according to the Octave Range parameter.
Placing a Sustain pipe in Chord mode on the left can free up your hands for other duties.
Multiple variations of note sequences can be selected:
Type
Description
Up
Go up.
Down
Go down.
Up and Down
Go up and down.
Down and Up
Go down and up.
Up and Down Incl.
Go up and down, repeating the high note once.
Down and Up Incl.
Go down and up, repeating the low note once.
Low Up
Repeat the low note every 2nd time while progressing up.
Low Up and Down
Repeat the low not every 2nd time while progressing up, then down. 4 or more notes needed.
High Up
Repeat the high note every 2nd time while progressing up.
High Up And Down
Repeat the high not every 2nd time while progressing up, then down. 4 or more notes needed.
Chords
Play all the notes at once, for use with Octave parameter.
Random
Play random notes based on the held down keys and octave range.
Parameter
Description
Bypass
Whether processing is enabled.
Time Division
The quantization time.
Note Length
The length of the notes, synced to grid or in milliseconds.
Quantize Note Ends
Whether to snap the note ends to beat grid
Swing
The amount of swing to apply to odd notes.
Accent
The amount to accent every 2nd note.
Type
The sequence type. See above table.
Octave Range
The range of octaves to go through.
Repetitions
The amount of times to repeat the same step in the arpeggio sequence.
Retrigger Octave
Whether to reset the current octave to 0 when all notes are off.
That looks interesting too, but the Deviate and Mutate features on the Novation is more what Iām looking for. By the way, do you own a Launchkey? I have a couple of doubts that I would like to clarify with someone who has one.
I have one, with the new update. Havenāt used it much (I havenāt used anything much) but I can plug it in and try things if you want.
The pads must send to the same channel (the larger Launchkey allows different channels) but with the Digitakt and Model:Cycles (not, as far as I can tell, the A4), as I learned on another thread on this forum, you can send midi notes 0-7 (resp. 0-5) to trigger sounds on tracks 1-8 (resp. 1-6).
Changing MIDI channel output on the fly got a bit easier with the update since the SHIFT key can now be latched with double-tap (still needs two button presses after that).
Iām eagerly anticipating the Arp function in the Polyend Tracker which will hopefully be added in the next firmware update. As for standalone non-sampling hardware the Torso T-1 looks incredible for arps, as well as the NDLR.
The Keystep, Digitone, Microkorg and JU-06A. The Digitone is the most flexible one in the sense that itās fully programmable, although not very immediate.
I have withdrawn the comment as I cannot now find the reference I was thinking of. In future I will make sure to have the evidence in hand before I post, as I canāt trust my memory. My apologies.
āThe pads must send to the same channel (the larger Launchkey allows different channels) but with the Digitakt and Model:Cycles (not, as far as I can tell, the A4), as I learned on another thread on this forum, you can send midi notes 0-7 (resp. 0-5) to trigger sounds on tracks 1-8 (resp. 1-6).ā
How do you set up the Digitakt so that each track responds to a different midi note on the same channel?
