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Creating an user arpeggio pat- tern

About user arpeggio patterns

The patterns that can be selected on the TRITON STU- DIO’s arpeggiator are called “arpeggio patterns.” There are two types of arpeggio patterns: preset arpeggio pat- terns and user arpeggio patterns.

Preset arpeggio patterns:

There are five patterns; UP, DOWN, ALT1, ALT2, and

RANDOM.

The operation of these patterns is fixed, and cannot be edited.

User arpeggio patterns:

There are 507 patterns - U000(I-A/B)–U506(User)- which can develop chords or phrases in a wide variety of ways, based on the pitches that you play on the keyboard or the timing at which you play them.

In Global P6: User Arpeggio, Pattern setup you can mod- ify these user arpeggio patterns, or create a new user arpeggio pattern from an initialized condition. Edited user arpeggio patterns can be written to internal memory areas U000(I-A/B)–U506(User) (☞p.58).

In Disk mode, user arpeggio patterns can also saved to media such as a floppy disk or the internal hard drive.

Editing a user arpeggio pattern

If you want to edit a user arpeggio pattern, you must first make sure that memory protect is unchecked. (☞p.57)

If you enter this mode from the Program mode, your edit- ing will apply to the arpeggio pattern specified for the selected program.

1In Program mode, select a program for which the arpeggio pattern you wish to edit is selected, or a pro- gram that you wish to use as a basis for editing the arpeggio pattern.

2Press the ARPEGGIATOR [ON/OFF] key to turn the arpeggiator on (the LED will light).

Even if you moved to Global mode from a program in which the arpeggiator was turned off, you can use the ARPEGGIATOR [ON/OFF] key to turn it on.

3Select the Global P6: User Arpeggio, Pattern Setup page.

4“Arpeggiator Select” will automatically be set to A when you move here from Program mode.

5In “Pattern,” select the arpeggio pattern that you wish to edit.

For this example, select an empty user arpeggio pat- tern.

If a blank pattern is selected, playing the keyboard will not start an arpeggio. Although preset arpeggio patterns P000–P004can be selected, they cannot be edited.

When you edit a user arpeggio pattern, the changes will have an effect anytime that this pattern is used in Program, Combination, Song or Song Play modes.

6In “Length,” specify the length of the pattern.

After the pattern has played for the length specified, it will return to the beginning. This setting can also be changed during or after editing. For this example, set it to 08.

For the preload arpeggio patterns U000(I-A/B)– U199(I-A/B), simply changing the “Length” can sig- nificantly change the character of the pattern. Try changing the length and listening to the result.

7Make settings for the “ (Tempo),” “Resolution,” “Octave,” “Sort,” “Latch,” “Key Sync.,” and “Key- board” parameters.

These are program parameters, but can be set from here as well.

If after moving here from Program mode, you modify these parameters and wish to keep your changes, return to Program mode and write the program. These parameters are not saved by “Write Arpeggio Pattern.”

For this example, make the settings shown in the LCD screen on step 3.

8In Arpeggio Pattern Setup, specify how the arpeggio will be developed.

These settings can be changed during or after editing (☞PG p.152).

9Select the Pattern Edit page.

A pattern consists of Steps and Tones.

•Step: A user arpeggio pattern can have a maximum of 48 steps. The arpeggiator will play from the first step, in steps equal to the timing value specified by “Resolution.” The vertical lines of the grid shown in the center of the LCD screen indicate the steps.

Use “Step No.” to select the step. For each step, specify “Pitch Offset,” “Gate,” “Velocity” and “Flam.”

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