Arp Division, Factor and Incremental is a bit confusing to me. Im trying to understand, one video said we could take any number of steps and get them spread over any number of bars. So if I set 16 steps, factor 1, division 16/1, i get 16 steps over 1 bar. How do I then get the 16 notes over say 2/3/4/etc bars? I can’t seem to figure out how to keep my division number across more bars.
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Changing time division Up or Down multiplies or divides the current time division by the time factor. (Although, a factor of 1 simply increments the division).
So if you set the factor to 16, you can then use Up or Down to halve or double the time division.
For example, If the current time division is 16/1 (16 steps per bar)...
Pressing Up will change it to 32/1.
Pressing Down will change it to 8/1 (same as 16/2).
Pressing Down again will change it to 4/1 (same as 16/4).
To achieve 16/3, change the Time Function to Incremental. Then instead of halving or doubling, it increments the time division by 16 (like adding and subtracting)...
So, pressing Down will result 16/1, 8/1 (16/2), 16/3 etc.
Hopefully, that makes some sense. It's a very powerful way to achieve virtually any time signature with only 3 parameters, while still being able to change the speed of the sequence in musical and meaningful ways.