Editing The Arpeggiator - Akai MPK mini plus User Manual

Editing the Arpeggiator

You can edit various parameters for the arpeggiator.
To activate or deactivate the arpeggiator, click the On/Off icon. The icon will be light grey when
the arpeggiator is on and dark grey when it is off.
To set the arpeggiator's tempo, click the Tempo field and type in a tempo (30-240 BPM).
To set the arpeggiator's time division, click the Time Div field. When the drop-down menu
appears, select the desired setting (1/4 – 1/32T).
To set the arpeggiator's swing, click the Swing field and enter the desired percentage (50 – 75%);
the default value, 50%, is no swing.
To set the arpeggiator's octave range, click the Octave field and select the desired value from the
drop-down menu: 1, 2, 3, or 4 octaves.
To set the arpeggiator's mode, click the Mode field. When the drop-down menu appears, select
the desired setting. The mode determines how the arpeggiated notes are played back:
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Up: Notes will sound from lowest to highest.
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Down: Notes will sound from highest to lowest.
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Exclusive: Notes will sound from lowest to highest and then back down. The lowest and
highest notes will sound only
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Inclusive: Notes will sound from lowest to highest and then back down. The lowest and
highest notes will sound
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Order: Notes will sound in the order they were pressed.
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Random: Notes will sound in random order.
To set the keybed scale, click the button next to Scale
Mode to turn this function on. Click the field next to Key and
use the drop-down menu to select a key for the scale. Click
the field next to Scale to choose the scale you wish the
keybed to play and click the field next to Non-S Note to
choose whether non-scale notes will be silenced (Ignored) or
Transposed.
at the directional change.
at the directional change.
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