Using the arpeggiator while you play Linking the arpeggiator to programs or combinations
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•NotesfromanyMIDIchannelthatisassignedtoa
timbrewilltriggerthearpeggiator.Inthiscase,
thesewillbeMIDIChannel02andGch(global
MIDIchannel).Whenthearpeggiatorison,playing
thekeyboardwilltriggerarpeggiatorA,whichis
assignedtotimbre16(Gch).Timbre2willbe
soundedbyarpeggiatorA.SincetheStatusof
timbre16isOff,itwillnotsound.
•SincetheStatusoftimbre16isOff,itwillnot
sound,regardlessofwhetherthearpeggiatorison
oroff.Itisadummytimbrethatcausestimbre2to
soundonlywhenthearpeggiatorison.

Combination A005: Boom Pow Pad

(Category: Synth)

Beforeyouplay,makesurethattheglobalMIDI
channel(GlobalP1:MIDIBasicMIDIChannel)isset
to01.
SelectcombinationA005:BoomPowPad,turntheARP
buttonon,andplay.
•ArpeggiatorAisassignedtotimbres1–5,and
arpeggiatorBisassignedtotimbres6and7.When
youpressanynoteoftheentirekeyboard,thedrum
programsoftimbres1–4willbesoundedbythe
arpeggiopatternofarpeggiatorA.Whenyouplay
theB3oralowernoteonthekeyboard,thesynth
programsoftimbres6and7willbesoundedbythe
backingarpeggiopattern.
•T
hearpeggiatorAparameters“BottomKey”and
“TopKey”(CombiP7:ARP/DT–ARPScanZone
page)aresetsothatarpeggiatorAwillrunforthe
entirekeyboard.
•TheBBottomKeyandTopKey(CombiP7:ARP/
DT–ARPScanZonepage)aresetsothat
arpeggiatorsBwillfunctiononlyforthenoteB3
andbelow.
•ArpeggiatorAisassignedtotimbre5aswell,but
thissettingissothatthetimbre1to4programwill
soundonlywhenthearpeggiatorison.Refertothe
precedingsection“CombinationBossaRose(SW1/
2).”
Linking the arpeggiator to programs or combinations
Youcanspecifywhetherthearpeggiatorsettings
writtentoaprogramorcombinationwillberecalled
whenyouswitchprogramsorcombinations,or
whetherthecurrentarpeggiatorsettingswillbe
maintained.
Withthefactorysettings,theformerisselected.Use
thelatterwhenyouwanttokeepthesamearpeggio
patternrunning,andchangeonlytheprogramsound.
Thissettingismadein“LoadARPwhenchanging”
(GlobalP0:BasicSetup,Basicpage).(Seepage110)
Creating a user arpeggio pattern

About user arpeggio patterns

ThepatternsthatcanbeselectedontheKROME’s
arpeggiatorarecalled“arpeggiopatterns.”Thereare
twotypesofarpeggiopatterns:presetarpeggio
patternsanduserarpeggiopatterns.
Presetarpeggiopatterns:
Therearefivepatterns;UP,DOWN,ALT1,ALT2,and
RANDOM.
Thefunctionalityofthesepatternsisfixed,andcannot
beedited.
Userarpeggiopatterns:
Thereare1028patterns‐U0000(INT)–U1027(USER)‐
whichcandevelopchordsorphrasesinawidevariety
ofways,basedonthepitchesthatyouplayonthe
keyboardorthetimingwithwhichyouplaythem.
InGlobalP6:ArpeggioPattern,Setupyoucanmodify
theseuserarpeggiopatterns,orcreateanewuser
arpeggiopatternfromaninitializedcondition.Edited
userarpeggiopatternscanbewrittentointernal
memoryareasU0000(INT)–U1027(USER)(see
page221ofthePa rameterGuide).
InMediamode,youcanalsosaveuserarpeggio
patternstomedia.

Editing a user arpeggio pattern

Ifyouwanttoeditauserarpeggiopattern,you
mustfirstmakesurethatmemoryprotectis
unchecked.(Seepage197ofthePa rameterGuide)
IfyouenterthismodefromtheProgrammode,your
editingwillapplytothearpeggiopatternspecifiedfor
theselectedprogram.
1. InProgrammode,selectaprogramwhichusesthe
arpeggiopatternyouwishtoedit,oraprogram
thatyouwishtouseasabasisforeditingthe
arpeggiopattern.
2. PresstheARPbuttontoturnthearpeggiatoron
(thebuttonwilllightup).
EvenifyouenteredGlobalmodefromaprogramin
whichthearpeggiatorwasturnedoff,youcanusethe
ARPbuttontoturniton.
3. SelecttheGlobalP6:ArpeggioPattern–Setup
page(seepage211oftheParameterGuide).