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UARP

User Guide

Ver 2.1
UArp is an innovative arpeggiator / sequencer suitable for many applications such as
Songwriting, Producing, Live Performance, Jamming, Experimenting, etc.
The idea behind UArp was to create a live instrument that on the one hand uses the power of auto
generated midi data, while on the other hand gives enough real time control to make it sound and
feel like a legitimate professional musical instrument.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Songwriting, Producing, Live Performance, Jamming, Experimenting, etc. The idea behind UArp was to create a live instrument that on the one hand uses the power of auto generated midi data, while on the other hand gives enough real time control to make it sound and...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Table of Contents Overview.............................. 3 Flow Chart ............................4 UArpRecv Inputs ..........................4 UArp Core ............................4 UArp Output ........................... 4 ARP-IN Notes............................5 Mode Settings............................6 Mode: Up ............................6 Mode: Down ...........................

  • Page 3: Overview

    Outputs notes by processing the incoming MIDI-In and Arp-In. Processing is done based on current device settings. The UArp engine handles Arp-In notes as arp-parts rather than note-transposes, which makes UArp much more practical in real life situations and much more musical compared to the traditional approach.

  • Page 4: Flow Chart

    Notes from external track(s) sent via the UArpSend device. • ARP-IN Notes that represent arp runtime information coming from the current playing clip on the local track. The Arp-In notes flows to the UArp core without any modification. The MIDI-In notes are manipulated according to the Hold, Bypass...

  • Page 5: Arp-In Notes

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide ARP-IN Notes Arp-In notes are interpolated according to the Mode Settings. Gate Mode: All Arp-In notes, except the Sync note, are treated as standard notes. Other Modes: Arp-In notes coming from the lowest octave are treated as follows:...

  • Page 6: Mode Settings

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Mode Settings The Mode settings configures the note's pitch mapping algorithm. The figures below illustrate how the note output differs for each selected mode: Arp In Notes In (Shifted by 1 beat) Notes Out For the "Up", "Down", "Order"...

  • Page 7: Mode: Down

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Mode: Down Arp-1 notes are played at the pitch of the highest Notes-In note. Arp-2 notes are played at the pitch of the next note down. Arp-3 notes are played at the pitch of the lowest Notes-In note.

  • Page 8: Wrap Button

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Wrap Button When Wrap is On, all the Arp-In notes are mapped to Notes-In notes in a Round-robin style. For example, if there are 2 Notes-In notes then the following mapping takes place: Arp-1, Arp-3, Arp-5, …...

  • Page 9: Wrap: Two Notes

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Wrap: Two Notes Notes-In Notes Out (Wrap Off) Notes Out (Wrap On) Wrap: Three Notes Notes-In Notes Out (Wrap Off) Notes Out (Wrap On) Copyright © 2016 MIDIMood. All rights reserved.

  • Page 10: Note On/Off Settings

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Note On/Off Settings The Note On/Off Settings defines the algorithm to be used for note timing and duration as follows: Timing (Note On) • Note: When a Notes-In note is triggered, it will trigger a Notes-Out note if the relevant Arp- In note is already on.
  • Page 11 UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Note On/Off: Arp/All Note On/Off: Arp/Arp Note On/Off: Arp/Note Advanced Timing Using the Sync Note Arp-In has a special note called Sync, which is dedicated for timing. • Sync Notes force immediate recalculation of the Note-Out notes to be played.

  • Page 12: Note/Arp Latency

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Note/Arp Latency The Note/Arp Latency value tells the UArp core to expect that the Notes-In will be delayed by this value or less. The latency might be caused by hardware and/or software, or even human limitations.

  • Page 13: Midi Granularity

    What if the player, from his point of view, pressed C3 and E3 at the same time, but in reality, there was an interval of 5 ms between the notes? Arp has a near zero latency, so 5 ms is not considered to be the same time from a UArp point of view.

  • Page 14: Advanced Timing

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Advanced Timing Starting a note at Note-In timing or Arp-In timing is great, but limited. If order to have more control over Note-Out timing, a special Arp-In note named “Sync” was added.

  • Page 15: Note On/Off: Arp/X

    This can also be achieved by setting the Note/Arp latency value, but in that case, it will influence all Arp-In notes the same way, without the ability to set different values to different UArp-In notes as can be achieved by using the Sync notes.

  • Page 16: Velocity Settings

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Velocity Settings Velocity Settings determine the velocity source to be used for Notes-Out notes as follows: Arp: The velocity will be taken from the Arp-In notes. Note: The velocity will be taken from the Note-In notes.

  • Page 17: Hold Settings

    Hold Settings define the note hold method to be used. Hold: Off MIDI-In notes are routed as is to the UArp core (Notes-In notes). Hold: On Classical note hold. Releasing notes will not send note-off messages. Pressing a new note will send notes-off messages to match all the currently pressed notes.

  • Page 18: Hold: Toggle

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Hold: Toggle Pressing a note will toggle between note-on and note-off according to the current note state. The following figures illustrate this behavior: MIDI In Notes In Pressing C3 key...

  • Page 19: Hold: Anchor

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide Hold: Anchor This mode works just like “Hold: On” with one exception. As long as at least one note is still being pressed, all released notes are kept on. Releasing the last note will release all hold notes including the last one.

  • Page 20: Hold: Ghost

    As long as one of the MIDI-In notes is still pressed in this mode, other MID-In notes released will send note-off messages, but the UArp core will treat them as still being pressed when mapping Notes-Out notes according to the Mode settings.

  • Page 21: Show/Hide Button

    Flow Chart page for a broader view. Bypass Button When the Bypass is On, the UArp-In notes will be ignored. The Notes-Out notes will be an exact copy of Notes-In notes. This means that even when Bypass in On, Hold MIDI Granularity will still work.

  • Page 22: Midi Input And Uarpsend

    UArp - Max for Live Arpeggiator / Sequencer User Guide MIDI Input and UArpSend UArpRecv’s MIDI Input selection defines a virtual link to be used for receiving MIDI-In data. There are 16 options to choose from. UArpSend Device The UArpSend device captures all MIDI data from the track it is hosted in.

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