Hold And The Arpeggiator; Editing An Arpeggio - Arturia KEYSTEP PRO User Manual

5.2.2. HOLD and the Arpeggiator

The KeyStep Pro gives you some control over the Patterns that are generated:
• The arpeggiator picks notes within the available octaves as defined by the Arp
Octave function. To change the arpeggio range, hold down SHIFT and press one
of the Arp Octave keys (-1, 0, +1, +2 or +3).
When you find a particularly interesting Pattern, press the HOLD button and refrain from
touching the keyboard; whatever keys you held down on the keyboard will remain active,
even after you lift your fingers. The arpeggio will continue playing, and you'll have an extra
hand to tweak knobs. As long as you keep at least one note depressed, you can extend an
arpeggio to a maximum length of 16 notes.
After lifting your fingers from the keyboard, when you play a new chord, this will start a
new arpeggio that will replace the arpeggio that was just playing.
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!: This feature offers some interesting creative options: if you have set an arpeggio to play in the
order you press the keys of the chord (by using the SHIFT + Order key), you can repeatedly play the
notes of same chord in different orders, thus emphasizing different notes in the chord. If you play
with your attention focused on the velocity of the notes in the chord you can make this effect even
more pronounced. !: Another thing to try is to combine an arpeggio held in Poly mode with an arpeggio
in Exclu (exclusive pendulum) or Inclu (inclusive pendulum) mode. The polyphonic arpeggiation will
repeat all notes in the arpeggio simultaneously, thus forming a block-chord background for the second
arpeggio.

5.2.3. Editing an Arpeggio

While an arpeggio is playing you can edit Gate length, Velocity, Time Shift and Randomness
with those main encoders. Editing Time Shift only makes sense when you have two or more
arpeggios running simultaneously. Actually, it makes a lot of sense: instant Steve Reich/
Terry Riley! Randomness will add an additional element of surprise by applying random
pitch changes to your arpeggio. Used sparingly when multiple arpeggios are running will
add even more depth. Note that the edits you make will affect the currently active arpeggio
only.
Press SHIFT+ Hold/Clear to clear the arpeggio.
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♪: The HOLD state is not saved with the Pattern. ♪: HOLD does not work with external MIDI. If you
need to hold one or more external MIDI notes, send the KeyStep Pro a Sustain message using a sustain
pedal.
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