Among the 192 patches of the ARP, are there one or more patches which are empty, that is to say that the 4 arpeggiators are filled with a 'blank canvas' to use the words of the manual.
I am a beginner. Sometimes I don't know if the result of what I hear was just "performed" by me, or it's the effect of one or more parameter that was in the selected factory patch.
So I made a "blank canvas" using the "Clear selected track" in the Patches menu, but there may have already been one.
Thank you
Regards
Hello Chris,
You wrote :
Yes, I red this in the Appendix I on the manual. Does that mean that all 16 banks are populated with the same 12 example default patches.
You wrote :
Yes, and that's what's great about ARP. He is a magician. 😂 I still don't understand how ARP does his "magic" to manage to do such varied arpeggios.
It's really a great tool. 😂
There a no "blank patches" in the defaults I'm afraid. There are in fact only 12 example default patches (as detailed in the User Manual https://midicake.com/manuals) As you have discovered, you can press and hold the Reset button to enter the Patch Reset menu, then choose "Clear Selected ARP". This sets the parameters to a simple single note sequence. It's a good way to start from scratch. You can do this for each of the 4 arp tracks.
I do understand what you mean by "the result of what I hear". Whereas a sample sound or a Synth preset is easy to recognise, ARP only generates MIDI and you can send those MIDI notes to any sound generator. It is difficult at times to identify ARP's patches just by listening. I don't really have an answer to this one, it's just an artefact of the Parametric approach I guess. I'm open to ideas though. I hope that helps.