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How to create user arpeggio in "Gate"-Style?

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Hi,

Anyone knows how to do that? So that no matter how many notes I play at the same time, the arpeggiator will play all those notes in the same rhythm.
For example: Preset arpeggio 5946

Thanks!

 
Posted : 12/05/2020 10:54 pm
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Hi,

Anyone knows how to do that? So that no matter how many notes I play at the same time, the arpeggiator will play all those notes in the same rhythm.
For example: Preset arpeggio 5946

Thanks!

Is the question how do you create your own or how do you assign a gate type arp?

Either way, Arp #5946 is a regular Note-oriented Arpeggio Phrase (Limited to four or five Notes simultaneously). In order to work with a Gate-style Arp that applies to all the notes you are holding, you have several ways. I think first will take you to how to assign this type of Arp Phrase to your Part.

Select the Part you want to work with. We’ll use a Single Part Performance in this example - you can infer how to assign this to a Multi Part Performance on your own... simply repeat for each Part you want to use.

Press [PART SELECT 1]
Press [EDIT]
Touch “Arpeggio” > “Individual”
Tap Arp Select slot 1 to see the pop-in menu
Tap “Number”
Type in “10052” > tap “Done”

Arp Type #10052 GateL1 this is the first of the “Ct/Hbl or “Controller/HybridSeq” Category Arp Phrases that uses Expression cc11.
cc11 Expression will create a gated Effect by applying it to the notes you play on the Keys.

You will notice as you touch the Keys no sound is output. This is an Arp Phrase that applies no Notes, only controller data; specifically cc11.
In order to hear what you press, tap “Arpeggio” > “Common” just above “Individual”
Set the “Key Mode” = Direct. This will allow what you trigger on the MONTAGE keyboard to sound directly... the cc11 is then applied to the sound.

Depending on how many Elements you have playing you can play using the 128 Note polyphony and they all will play the “gated” pattern

Go back to “Individual” and advance through the various Gated Arps... there are tons of them. Use “Category Search” for Arps (purple)
Set the Main = Control/HybridSeq
Set the Sub = Expression

Generally speaking...
Gate L are Long
Gate M are Medium
Gate S are Short

You may want to try Sub categories: Filter, Pan

Extra Credit:
Controller Arps contain no Notes, only controllet data. This is why you hear nothing initially — you cannot hear changes in volume if nothing is sounding. You cannot hear a filter open and close if nothing is sounding, you cannot hear Pan position change if nothing is sounding, you cannot hear Pitch Bend if nothing is sounding. This why the Key Mode must be set to DIRECT. This literally means the controller data stored in the Arp Phrase will be applied to the sound you play direct. You cannot hear a Modifier by itself - only as it is applied to a sound!

If you want to create your own ... you can use any MIDI sequencer, including the MONTAGEKs own — simply record yourself moving a controller
Convert the data using the Normal convert type. Remember to set the Key Mode = Direct when applying this type of Arpeggio data.

Alternate Method The Motion Sequencer
These Control and Hybrid Seq type Arp’s were introduced on the Motif-series more than a decade ago. Out of these grew the concept of a “Motion Sequencer”. Instead of just doing Expression cc11, Pan cc10, Filter cc71 and cc74, Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel cc1...like the Motif, the Motion Sequencer in MONTAGE/MODX opened a large arsenal of modifying parameters... Element Level, Element Pan, Element Delay, Elem LFO Speed, etc., etc., etc., etc... You can even apply it to Insertion Effect parameters, Part parameters, etc.

Creating Controller movement with the Motion Sequencer is fun and easy. And also applies to all the notes you play.
For a basic background on Motion Sequencing please the following article:

Mastering MONTAGE: Motion Sequence

 
Posted : 13/05/2020 12:34 am
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