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Arpeggiator MIDI FX

The Arpeggiator command applies an arpeggio to its input and plays it back in real time. The parameters used to specify the arpeggiator effect are as follows:

Preset

Use this field to choose and enter presets. Click the Save button [image] to save any group of new settings after you enter a name in the Preset field. Click the Delete button [image] to delete any selected group from the Preset field. The Reset and Cancel button [image] (real-time version only) closes the dialog box and restores your settings to the way they were the last time you closed the dialog box.

Parameter/Option...	Meaning...
Swing (%)	The distortion of timing used to produce a "swing" feel. A value of 0% indicates a straight rendition; negative and positive values produce distortion of the timing grid.
Rate	The delay between successive notes.
Units	The units used to specify the delay. You may specify delay in ticks, in milliseconds, or as a note duration.
Legato (%)	The smoothness of the notes of the arpeggio. 1 percent plays each notes and releases it instantly. 99 percent plays each note up to the start of the next note.
Path	The direction of the arpeggio. Options are Up, Up (arpeggios go up), Up, Down (arpeggios go up, then down), Down, Down (arpeggios go down), Down, Up (arpeggios go down, then up).
Play thru	The disposition of the notes you play to specify the arpeggio. Checked plays the original notes. Unchecked filters out the original notes.
Specify output range	The range over which the arpeggio plays. Checked specifies that the arpeggiator repeats notes at each octave over the entire specified range. Unchecked specifies that the arpeggiator includes only the notes you actually play.
Lowest note	The MIDI number of the lowest note of the arpeggio. Numbers run from 0 to 127.
Span (Notes)	The number of half-steps in the range. Numbers run from 12 to 127.
Use chord control	The chord you specify. Checked specifies that the arpeggiator infers the chord from the notes played in the range. It identifies the chord in the Chord recognized box and uses it to play arpeggios for notes outside the range.
Lowest note	The MIDI number of the lowest note the arpeggiator is to use for chord recognition. Numbers run from 0 to 126.
Span (Notes)	The number of half-steps in the range. Numbers run from 1 to 127.
Chord recognized	The chord the Arpeggiator recognizes and plays.

Audition button (offline version only)

Click this button to hear the results of your effect on the first three seconds of the selected audio.

To apply the arpeggiator to MIDI data:

1.	Select the data to be affected.

2.	Choose MIDI Effects-Arpeggiator from the Edit menu or from the pop-up menu to open the Echo Delay dialog box.

3.	Set the arpeggiator parameters, as described in the table above.

4.	Click OK.

Cakewalk applies the specified arpeggio effect to the selected data.