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Changes or cycling. Doubled notes caused by the use of
the “Double” parameter in the Index Group will also be
wrapped around at the top of the Note Series when this is
off
.
0: Off
The notes determined by the Repetitions setting
(described above) are used as the range within which
to generate notes.
1: On
Extra notes may be extrapolated at the end of the range
depending on the cluster size at that point. The result
will be a widening of the apparent range of the riff.
Interval [–24…+24]
Sets the number of semitones to offset each replication
of the input notes by. For example, if set to +12 or -12,
the Arpeggio will repeat in octaves (most normal). If
set to 2, and “Replications” to 3, then playing a CMaj
{C, E, G} will produced a CMaj, then DMaj {D, F#, A},
then EMaj {E, G#, B} as each replication is shifted by a
whole-tone. Settings other than multiples of 12 are
extremely useful in conjunction with “Chord Shift,”
described below, so that atonal notes are shifted to
musically correct pitches.
Chord Shift [0…2]
Allows notes in the Note Series that may be atonal (out
of a chord’s scale) to be shifted to tonal notes, using
one of several different tables.
0: Off
The Note Series is created with no further modification
from this setting.
1: Scalic
Chord analysis is performed on the input source
material, and as the Note Series is created, notes which
may be “atonal” based on the analyzed chord (due to
being shifted by non-octave values of “Interval”) are
shifted to tonal notes. Especially useful when
“Interval” (discussed above) is set to something other
than multiples of 12. The note tables used to shift the
notes are the same as the ones used in “Note Type”
(☞p.900): 1: Scalic, described above.
2: Scalic2
Same as 1: Scalic (above), except that the note tables
used to shift the notes are the same as the ones used in
“Note Type”: 2: Scalic2, described above. Scalic2 is
more modal in nature and has more passing tones than
1: Scalic.
Wrap Bottom [0…127]
Wrap Top [0…127]
Sets an overall range for the pitches in the Note Series.
Notes created beyond this range are wrapped around
(dropped or raised an octave, depending on which
end). Mainly intended to limit the Note Series to usable
ranges, these settings can also be used creatively to
force a riff to cycle around inside a certain range.
Voicing [0…8]
Selects one of several options for “spreading out” the
input notes before creating the Note Series. This can be
used to widen the voicing, create guitar-like voicings,
or produce interesting variations.
0: Closed
The Note Series is created with no further modification
from this setting.
1: Open 1A…8: Open4B
The Note Series has certain notes shifted up by an
octave as it is created, then may be re-ordered
according to the setting of “Input Sort” (☞p.901). Can
be used to create different types of wider voiced chords
for simulating guitar or string section voicings.
Filter Dupes [0…2]
Allows duplicate notes in the Note Series to be
removed in several different ways.
0: Off
The Note Series is created with no further modification
from this setting.
1: Adjacent
As the Note Series is being created, notes that are the
same as the immediately preceding note are discarded.
2: All
After the Note Series has been created, any notes that
are duplicates of any others are removed.
Not available if “GE Type” (☞p.897) = 1:
Generated-Gated.
Filter Fixed [0, 1]
When Filter Steps is used (described below), allows the
resulting tonality of the Note Series to be “Fixed” in
relation to the key of C. For example, assume that
“Note Type” (☞p.900) is set to Chromatic and “Chord
Shift” is Off, so that the Note Series is essentially a
chromatic scale. If you play a single C (and “Inversion”
is set to 0 ☞p.901), you will get a chromatic scale
starting with C. If you then set up Filter Steps so that
you are filtering steps {1, 3, 6, 8, 10} you would have a
C Major diatonic scale. With “Filter Fixed” set to Off,
if you then play a D on the keyboard, the whole scale
will shift to become a D Major diatonic scale. With
“Filter Fixed” set to On, the scale stays fixed to the key
of C, but you are starting on the D; essentially, you
have a D minor scale. You will be playing different
modal scales starting with different pitches. Note that
this is always related to the key of C; so if you want to
put the resulting filtered, fixed Note Series into another
key, you can use the Transpose KARMA Module
parameter to do so. For more information, see
“Transpose” on page 103. For example, if you set the
transpose to +4, you would still play notes in the key of
C, but the resulting generated notes would be in the
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0…127: range C-1…G9
0: Closed 3: Open2A 6: Open3B
1: Open1A 4: Open2B 7: Open4A
2: Open1B 5: Open3A 8: Open4B
0: Off 1: Adjacent 2: All
0: Off 1: On