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Bald Eagle
Total Posts: 4
Joined 08-10-2010 status: Newcomer |
I was wondering if it is possible to get similar results with the XF arps that you can get using KARMA on the M3 sequencer. I understand that you can record an XF performance using up to 4 arps and then go into the sequencer to record additional tracks but can you set this up directly in the sequencer so that each track can be layered with multiple voices and all be recorded in real time. For example, on the M3 you can route a KARMA module to a channel that is assigned to 3 tracks and each track has a different voice giving a 3 layer voice for the KARMA module. But on the XF it looks like an arp is only recorded to a single track with a single voice. I have been reading the XF reference but can’t find a way to get similar results. I’m not looking for the exact procedure to set this up as I don’t have an XF yet but would like to know if it is possible and if so a real high level explanation of how it’s done. |
drpopper1
Total Posts: 57
Joined 08-22-2010 status: Experienced |
Arp’s arn’t like a sequenced track but more musical flutters based around a single voice. You could do what you suggest in the pattern mode of the motif and incorporate arp’s or make your own arp’s but its a lot different to Karma which is very powerful for that type of thing. |
bsmart
Total Posts: 225
Joined 01-12-2005 status: Enthusiast |
In the XS/XF’s Song or Pattern modes, each part has an arpeggiator setup, though only 4 of them can be active at once. Normally, each part is set to use the matching channel of the tone generator (16 parts for 16 channels). However, you can change that arrangement. I haven’t tried this in a while, but I think that you change the receive channel for the parts to combine. Like, you can change parts 1 through 3 to all use receive channel 1. Any data played on part 1 of the sequencer will then trigger all 3 tone generator parts. I haven’t tried this, but I bet that you can turn on the arpeggiator for part 1, and then have it trigger all three parts. You gotta be careful with this, though. If you make a layer that is too many parts thick, you could run out of polyphony. |