what exatcly is the appriegator(dont mind the spelling)

on a key board what exatcly is the appriegator(dont mind the spelling)
i did a search, and all i found was the same as note repeat as mp. is this all ?

Hi, I'll see if I can answer a bit. There are varying features on different arps so I may not cover
them all, but basiclly what an Arp does is take an chord that you play on a keyboard
(or in a sequence) and it splits up the notes in that chord to individual notes and
the plays a sequence of those individual notes, one after another, so you can hold
3 keys down , and it will play

c- a -f -c -a -f -c -a -f

Different Arps give you features of what order the notes are played on the keyboard,
different order that they are played, whether the sequence goes up or down, or up and down
the notes listed. How long the note will play and how long between the next note.

A great tool that none of the Akai stuff includes, but would benefit from. I use an external
synths for mine./


Cheers,

Dave

thats basically what it does note repeat

turn it on and play some notes , then turn it off and play some notes

you'll hear the difference then

listen to aroland groove box this will make it all clear to you like these guys said it another note repeat, on the roland you can change the style of the repetion, but yes it a fancy note repeat.

good question. i never knew what it did either

i luv arpegiators.

There are something that just cant be played like you can with an arpegiator. You have to edit them though and use em creatively. I would personally never take a preset arpegiator and use it straight outa the box and claim it as mine......

I usually edit them and tweak them, change the sounds, even mess with the patterns, until i like it.

Yeah, also lots of arpegiators you can really change alot on them. AT first they see like a "cheat" but get extremely complex.

Youve definately heard them on some current hiphop, and dance for shure!


artist that comes to mind is busta rhymes. But i know ive heard them on some west coast tracks.

Its also fun to sample them then chop them. You can get a a flowing rhythm with a stutter feel to it.

for instance, i was wondering, if u chopped a sample in recycle, or chopped it ur self, then put each sample on a key in order,(either midi, or sampling keyboard). then push a key would it go through all the keys and play the entire sample

Check the 1st track of part 2 of DJ Harvey's mix for some classic arpeggio!!!!
Haven't a clue what the track is but its there man.

http://www.h-track.com/

(click on mixes load up part two then listen)

captkickass wrote:for instance, i was wondering, if u chopped a sample in recycle, or chopped it ur self, then put each sample on a key in order,(either midi, or sampling keyboard). then push a key would it go through all the keys and play the entire sample

well potentially yes...i mean, part of the arpegiator is that it doesnt just play each note consecutively....well, you can use an up or down arp pattern and do that.

But the fun in them is that you can create totaly random paterns....or completely uniform patterns, whatever you want.....but get combinations and note movements that you probably couldnt play yourself.

sick so for sampling and chopping, its good?

captkickass wrote:sick so for sampling and chopping, its good?

I would sample a sound that uses an arpegiator......i wouldnt use the arpegiator on a sampled sound-unless its a synth sound that you created; e.g. if you took a sample and used a triton to turn it into a synth patch.

arps work good on "synth like" patches........although im sure you could attempt to use it on like a "chop" unless its chopped right it would be wierd.

The concept of an arpegiator, is that it "arpegiates notes" .....it only sounds good if you can tell the distinction of a note.....a phrase would be more difficult to use.