Arpeggiator | Europa User Guide |
8.Arpeggiator
Europa’s arpeggiator is one of the main features of Europa. It is far more capable than the Roland arpeggiator, offering more features and better flexibility to aid in musical creation. All of the originally arpeggiator features are still present – with an improved user interface! This section documents the entirety of Europa’s arpeggiator, including the features that are also present in the Roland code. The following changes have been made to the base feature set:
Stable arpeggiator clock
Europa’s arpeggiator clock (unlike Roland’s) is stable – accurate to within 0.2% of the desired BPM. Individual BPMs can be selected from the front panel (from 60 to 234 BPM) or by way of MIDI continuous controllers. See section Figure 15 - Continuous Controller # 61 (Arpeggiator rate) value to beats per minute settings for a complete table of arpeggiator rates.
Improved user interface
UP And DOWN do not have to be held to select UP/DOWN and DOWN/UP arpeggiator modes. A simple press of the leadoff direction desired will advance the setting.
Arpeggiator drives voice mode
The Roland code would give the user a choice of the arpeggiator OR the voice assignment mode. Europa’s arpeggiator drives the voice assign mode!
Arpeggiator can be logically separated from internal voices
With local mode enabled, the arpeggiator will play internal voices as well as transmit arpeggiated MIDI notes. Incoming MIDI notes will add to the existing arpeggiated note list, as if played from the local keyboard.
With local mode disabled, the arpeggiator will only transmit MIDI notes and arpeggiate the notes held on the local keyboard. It will not play internal voices. Incoming MIDI notes will instead play Jupiter 6 voices through the voice allocation scheme and bypass the arpeggiator completely. This allows Europa’s arpeggiator to drive external equipment while retaining the ability to use the internal synthesis functions.
Information on how to set local mode is described in the Local mode (A) – Default: Enabled section.
Before going in to great detail about Europa’s arpeggiator features, it is best to understand the arpeggiator and how it fits in with the synchronization, voice, and preset architecture:
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