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Setup Mode

The Setup Editor

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Velocity

Velocitysetstheattackvelocityoftheplayednotes.WithVelocitysettoFirst,allnotesplayat

thevelocityofthefirstplayednote.WithVelocitysettoPlayed,eachnoterepeatswiththesame

velocityyouplayeditat.WithVelocitysettoLast,allnotesplay

atthevelocityofthemost

recentlyplayednote.WithVelocitysettoAftertouch,thevelocitiesare controlledbykey board 

pressure:asyouholdandpushdownonanykey,thevelocitiesgethigher,andasyoueaseup

theygetlower.

WithVelocitysettoMIDI109,MIDI

controller109continuallysetsthearpeggiatorvelocity.This

workswellwhenMIDIcontroller109issettoaknoborexpressionpedal.

WithVelocitysettoFixed,allnotesplaywiththesamevelocity.ThedefaultFixedvelocityis

100.LikeMIDI109,Youcancontrolthisvelocityamountinreal

‐timebyassigningacontroller

toVel Fi x ed ,controllerdestinationnumberis175.Inputfromanyphysicalcontrollerassignedto

sendVelFixed(oranyentryvalueforacontrollerassignedtosendVelFixed)overridesthe

programmedvalueoftheVelocityparameter,disablingituntilyouselectadifferentsetup(orin



Programmode,untilyouselectadifferentcontrolsetupontheMIDI‐modeTRANSMITpage).

Patternengagesastepsequencerforarpeggiatorvelocitypatterns,whichshiftsthevelocityof

eacharpeggiatednoteaccordingtoasequencedpattern.Thereare74preprogramedvelocity

patternsthatyoucanchoosefromtheVelPatt

field,someofwhichcreaterhythmsbyusing

velocityvaluesof‐127or“none”toleaverestsinthearpeggiation.Thesequencerusesthe

velocityreceivedfromthefirstnoteplayedasthecenterpositiontoshiftvelocitiesupordown

from.Ifnootherkeysareplaying,patternswill

startovereachtimeakeyispressed(thereare

someexceptionstothiswhenusingARPEGGIATORLatchparametersotherthan“Keys,”thougha

newlytriggeredpatternwillalwaysstartatstep1.)Whentriggeringvelocitypa tternsfrommore

thanonekeyatatime,eachconsecutivestepofthepattern

shiftsthevelocityfromadifferent

inputtedkey,theorderofwhichisdecidedbytheorderparameterontheARPEGGIATORpage.

Note:Forpatternswithnegativevelocityvalues,ifthevelocityofthefirstplayednoteislowenoughthat

apatternstepcouldresultinavelocityof

zero,somenotesmayhaveavelocityofzeroandtherefore

producenosound.

Youcanedittheincl ud edpa tternsbypressing“Edit”withapatternhighlightedintheVelPa tt 

field(seeeditscreenbelow.)

Thetoplineofthe“EditVelocityPatt”pagedisplaysthepattern’snameandtotalnumberof

steps.Thispagealsoshowsthefullnameforapatternwhosenamedoesnotfitonthe

ARPEGGIATORpage.Eachpatterncanhaveupto48steps,andeachstepcanshiftvelocitiesby

±127steps.Youcaninsertastepwithavalueof“none”byentering‐127

andthenshiftingdown

onemorestep.Astepwiththevalue“none”causesthearpeggiatortoplaynothingforthatstep,

allowingyoutocreaterhythmicpatternsbyusing“none”toleavespaces.PressingStep‐

removesthelaststepinthelist,pressingStep+insertsanewvelocitystep

attheendofthelist

(thepatterneditorremembersthevaluesofremovedstepsuntilyousaveorexit.)Usethecursor

tomovebetweenpatternsteps,usethealphawheel,alphanumericpad,orplus/minusbuttons

toenterthevelocityshiftamountforeachstep.PressMoretoseea

secondpageforpatterns

withmorethan24steps.

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