Hardware Panel And Features - Arturia SQ80 V User Manual

4. HARDWARE PANEL AND FEATURES

If you look at the SQ80 V front panel, you'll see that the synth has a deceptively simple
layout however many parameters are available to view and edit here. We have expanded
on the original design by offering many additional modulations which can be found in the
Synthesis Panel (see
In this section we'll explain each control of the main Instrument Panel.
Volume controls the output volume.
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Arpeggiator An arpeggiator allows you to hold down one or more notes and hear
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those notes played back, one after the other. When a single note is held it will
be repeated; when two or more notes are held the arpeggiator will alternate
between the notes. With an Arpeggiator, the pitch values are defined by which
keys you hold down. Octave jumps can also be defined and randomized, so the
arpeggios can be as intricate as you want them to be.
An arpeggio is basically an outline of a chord; rather than hearing all of the notes at once,
they are delivered at different times. Many great pieces of music have arpeggios at their
core, from Bach's Prelude 1 in C Major to Eddie Van Halen's hammer-on segment in Eruption.
In some ways an arpeggiator is more improvisational than a step sequencer, because you
can decide on the spur of the moment to change which notes the arpeggio will produce by
changing which notes you are holding, and how many.
Arpeggiator Rate sets the speed of the arpeggiator.
Pattern Immediately to the upper right of the rate control is the pattern button. Pressing
this opens up a drop-down menu allows you to select how many octaves the arpeggiator
will cover. When 1 is selected, the arpeggiator will play just the notes in the keyboard range
you're playing. When 2 is selected, it will play those notes, then repeat them an octave
higher before restarting the cycle. Octaves 3 and 4 do the same thing: play the notes of the
Mode through a 3 or 4 octave range.
Here you also make a selection from the seven different patterns available for the
arpeggiator.
Arturia - User Manual SQ80 V - Hardware Panel and Features
Synthesis Panel And Features [p.26] section of this manual).
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