Presets, kits & arpeggiator · Digitone II guide

4.1IntermediateManual §9.2 p.30, §9.2.1 p.30, §9.2.2 p.30, §9.2.3 p.31, §16 p.86

Press PRESET/KIT for the menu where sounds are stored and fetched. Its PRESET part deals with single sounds, in the +Drive library or the project’s pool; its KIT part with whole kits. From here you put a sound on a track, save your edits, and keep a growing library in order with banks, tags, search and write protection.

Move around with the ARROW keys or LEVEL/DATA, open an item with YES and leave with NO. Inside the preset lists, LEFT opens a SORTING menu that narrows or reorders what you see; in the preset manager, RIGHT opens a PRESET OPERATIONS menu that acts on the highlighted preset or on everything you’ve selected.

Menu items

Item	What it’s for	More
`LOAD` (preset)	Browse the +Drive library, audition presets and load one to the active track.	Below
`SAVE` (preset)	Store the active track’s preset in a library slot, with a name and tags.	Saving a preset
`MANAGE` (preset)	The `PRESET MANAGER`: every preset in the +Drive library, with commands to load, save, copy, rename, tag, protect, delete and send presets.	Below
`POOL`	A shortcut to the preset manager’s view of the project’s pool.	Managing the preset pool
`LOAD` (kit)	Load a kit to the active pattern.	Loading, saving and managing kits
`SAVE` (kit)	Save the active pattern’s kit to a slot.	Loading, saving and managing kits
`MANAGE` (kit)	The `KIT MANAGER`, for organising saved kits.	Loading, saving and managing kits

Load a preset to a track

Press PRESET/KIT.
Highlight LOAD in the PRESET part and press YES. As a shortcut, hold FUNC and turn LEVEL/DATA.
To load to a different track, press TRK + TRIG 1–16 to change the active track.
Highlight a preset with the ARROW keys or LEVEL/DATA.
Audition it with the active track’s TRIG key or with FUNC + YES. To hear it in the selected scale, press KEYBOARD and play the TRIG keys.
Press YES to load it to the active track.

Key combinations

PRESET/KIT: Opens the PRESET/KIT menu.
ARROW: Moves through the menu and its lists.PRESET/KIT menu
YES: Opens the highlighted menu item.PRESET/KIT menu
NO: Exits the menu.PRESET/KIT menu
FUNC + turn LEVEL/DATA: Opens the LOAD (PRESET) list directly.
YES: Loads the highlighted preset to the active track.LOAD (PRESET)
TRK + TRIG 1–16: Changes the active track that the preset will load to.LOAD (PRESET)
TRIG: Previews the highlighted preset when you press the active track’s key.Preset lists in the PRESET/KIT menu
FUNC + YES: Previews the highlighted preset.LOAD (PRESET) and PRESET MANAGER
KEYBOARD, then TRIG: Previews the highlighted preset in the selected scale.LOAD (PRESET)
FUNC + UP/DOWN: Scrolls faster through the preset list.Preset lists in the PRESET/KIT menu
LEFT: Opens the SORTING menu.Preset lists in the PRESET/KIT menu
YES: Runs the highlighted sorting command.Preset SORTING menu
NO or RIGHT: Closes the SORTING menu.Preset SORTING menu
TRIG 9–16: Picks a preset bank, A–H.SELECT BANK in the preset lists
YES: Ticks or unticks the highlighted tag.FILTER tag list
NO: Closes the tag list.FILTER tag list
FUNC + NO: Clears the search.Preset lists after a SEARCH
YES: Selects or deselects the highlighted preset.PRESET MANAGER
RIGHT: Opens the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.PRESET MANAGER
UP/DOWN: Moves through the operations.PRESET OPERATIONS menu
YES: Applies the highlighted operation to the selected presets.PRESET OPERATIONS menu
NO or LEFT: Closes the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.PRESET OPERATIONS menu

SORTING menu in the preset lists (LEFT)

Option	What it does	In
`ADD TO PRESET POOL`	Adds the selected preset to the active project’s pool (The +Drive library and the pool).	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SELECT BANK`	Opens the bank selector, with the current bank in brackets. The library has eight banks, A–H, of 256 presets each; pick one with `TRIG 9–16`, the `ARROW` keys or LEVEL/DATA to see only that bank. On screen it reads `SEL BANK`.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SORT ABC` / `SORT 123`	Switches between alphabetical order and slot-number order.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`FILTER`	Opens the tag list. Tick as many tags as you like with `YES` to narrow the list, then press `NO` to close it.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SEARCH`	Lists the presets whose names match or contain the text you enter (Naming things). `FUNC` + `NO` clears it.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SHOW ALL SLOTS`	Ticked, the list shows used and empty slots; unticked, only the empty ones.	`SAVE`, `MANAGE`

PRESET OPERATIONS in the preset manager (RIGHT)

Operation	What it does
`LOAD TO TRACK`	Loads the preset to the active track, making it part of the active pattern.
`COPY TO BANK`	Copies the selected presets into the first free slots of a +Drive bank you choose.
`SAVE TO HERE`	Saves the active track’s preset into the highlighted slot.
`RENAME`	Opens a screen for renaming the preset.
`EDIT TAGS`	Opens the tag list: press `YES` to apply or remove each tag, then highlight `<SAVE>` and press `YES`. A preset can carry any number of tags, but the list shows only the first two.
`DELETE`	Deletes the highlighted preset, or all the selected ones.
`SELECT ALL`	Selects every preset in the list.
`DESELECT ALL`	Clears the selection.
`TOGGLE`	Switches write protection on or off. A protected preset shows a padlock and can’t be overwritten, renamed, tagged or deleted. Only available while you browse the +Drive library.
`SEND SYSEX`	Transmits the selected presets over MIDI as SysEx (SysEx send and receive).

Apply an operation to several presets

Open MANAGE in the PRESET part of the menu.
Highlight a preset and press YES to select it; press YES again to deselect it. Repeat for each preset.
Press RIGHT to open the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.
Highlight an operation with LEVEL/DATA or UP/DOWN and press YES.

Holding FUNC while you press PRESET/KIT does something different: it toggles PERFORM KIT mode (PERFORM KIT mode).

4.2IntermediateManual §9.2.4 p.32

Managing the preset pool

The pool is the project’s own shortlist of up to 128 presets — the sounds that preset locks and the PRESET POOL trig mode can reach. POOL in the PRESET/KIT menu takes you straight to the preset manager’s view of it, so you can keep that shortlist in shape.

Work with pool presets

Press PRESET/KIT, highlight POOL and press YES.
Highlight a preset. To act on several at once, press YES on each one to select it.
Press RIGHT to open the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.
Choose an operation with LEVEL/DATA or UP/DOWN and press YES. Press NO or LEFT to back out instead.

Key combinations

YES: Selects or deselects the highlighted preset.POOL
RIGHT: Opens the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.POOL
YES: Applies the highlighted operation.PRESET OPERATIONS menu in POOL
NO or LEFT: Closes the PRESET OPERATIONS menu.PRESET OPERATIONS menu in POOL

PRESET OPERATIONS in the pool

Operation	What it does
`LOAD TO TRACK`	Loads the preset to the active track, making it part of the active pattern.
`SAVE TO HERE`	Saves the active track’s preset into the highlighted pool slot.
`RENAME`	Opens a screen for renaming the preset.
`DELETE`	Deletes the highlighted preset, or all the selected ones.
`SELECT ALL`	Selects every preset in the pool.
`SELECT UNUSED`	Selects every pool preset that no pattern in the project uses.
`DESELECT ALL`	Clears the selection.

To fill the pool, see The +Drive library and the pool; to put it to work, see Preset locks and TRIG mode.

4.3BasicsManual §9 p.29, §9.2.5 p.32, §9.2.6 p.33, §9.2.7 p.33

A kit is the full set of sounds for a pattern: 16 presets, one per track, plus the settings that apply across the kit. Every pattern has one. The KIT part of the PRESET/KIT menu loads a saved kit into the active pattern, saves the pattern’s current kit, and organises the kits stored on the +Drive.

What a kit holds

The 16 presets, audio or MIDI.
The levels of the audio tracks and of the pattern.
The compressor and master overdrive settings, and the compressor routing.
The control all settings.
The send effect settings.
The track layering and pattern transpose settings (The SETUP menu: kit and track settings).

Load a kit into the active pattern

Press PRESET/KIT, highlight LOAD in the KIT part and press YES.
Highlight a kit with the ARROW keys or LEVEL/DATA.
Press the TRIG keys to hear the highlighted kit’s sounds before you commit.
Press YES to load it to the active pattern.

Save the active pattern’s kit

Press PRESET/KIT, highlight SAVE in the KIT part and press YES.
Choose a slot with UP/DOWN or LEVEL/DATA.
Press YES. If the slot already holds a kit, confirm that you want to save over it.
Name the kit on the NAMING screen (Naming things) and press YES to save.

Key combinations

YES: Loads the highlighted kit to the active pattern.LOAD (KIT)
TRIG 1–16: Previews the highlighted kit.LOAD (KIT) and KIT MANAGER
UP/DOWN: Chooses the slot to save to.SAVE (KIT)
YES: Saves the kit to the highlighted slot.SAVE (KIT)
LEFT: Opens the SORTING menu.Kit lists
YES: Runs the highlighted sorting command.Kit SORTING menu
NO or RIGHT: Closes the SORTING menu.Kit SORTING menu
TRIG 9–16: Picks a kit bank, A–H.SELECT BANK in the kit lists
RIGHT: Opens the KIT OPERATIONS menu.KIT MANAGER
YES: Applies the highlighted operation.KIT OPERATIONS menu
NO or LEFT: Closes the KIT OPERATIONS menu.KIT OPERATIONS menu

SORTING menu in the kit lists (LEFT)

Option	What it does	In
`ADD TO PRESET POOL`	Adds all 16 of the kit’s presets to the active project’s pool (The +Drive library and the pool). The manual also calls it `ADD TO POOL`.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SORT ABC` / `SORT 123`	Switches between alphabetical order and slot-number order.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SELECT BANK`	Opens the kit bank selector, with the current bank in brackets. Pick a bank with `TRIG 9–16`, the `ARROW` keys or LEVEL/DATA.	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SEARCH`	Lists the kits whose names match or contain the text you enter (Naming things).	`LOAD`, `SAVE`, `MANAGE`
`SHOW ALL SLOTS`	Ticked, the list shows used and empty slots; unticked, only the empty ones.	`SAVE`

KIT OPERATIONS in the kit manager (RIGHT)

Operation	What it does
`LOAD TO PATTERN`	Loads the kit to the active pattern.
`COPY TO BANK`	Copies the selected kits to the first free slot of a +Drive bank, A–H, that you choose.
`SAVE TO HERE`	Saves the active kit into the highlighted slot.
`LOAD TO EMPTY`	Loads the kit to every empty pattern.
`RENAME`	Opens a screen for renaming the kit.
`DELETE`	Deletes the highlighted kit, or all the selected ones.
`SELECT ALL`	Selects every kit in the list.
`SELECT UNUSED`	Selects the kits that no pattern in the project uses. Follow it with `DELETE` to remove them from the project’s pool; according to the manual, the presets in the +Drive library are not removed.
`DESELECT ALL`	Clears the selection.
`TOGGLE`	Switches write protection on or off. A protected kit shows a padlock and can’t be overwritten, renamed or deleted. Only available while you browse the +Drive library.
`SEND SYSEX`	Transmits the presets of the selected kit over MIDI as SysEx (SysEx send and receive).

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4.4BasicsManual §9.3 p.34, §9.3.1 p.34

Playing presets

Every track in the active pattern has a preset, and the TRIG 1–16 keys play them — the quickest way to check a kit, hear an edit or jam over the sequencer. Each key lights up briefly as you press it.

Key combinations

TRIG 1–16: Plays the preset on the matching track of the active pattern.

Playing from external MIDI gear

A MIDI controller connected to the Digitone II can play the presets too.
Set the MIDI channel each track listens on in the MIDI CHANNELS menu (MIDI configuration: sync, ports and channels).
In KEYBOARD mode, an external MIDI unit can play a preset chromatically (KEYBOARD mode).

4.5BasicsManual §9.4 p.35, §6.4 p.19, §16 p.84, §16 p.85

Editing a preset

Editing a preset simply means editing the active track: choose the track, then turn knobs on its parameter pages. Every change is stored in the active pattern, so you can experiment freely without touching the copy on the +Drive. Save it (Saving a preset) when you want to keep the result as a reusable preset.

Edit a track’s preset

Press TRK + TRIG 1–16 to choose the track.
Turn LEVEL/DATA to set the overall volume of the active audio track. This level is saved with the kit.
Press a PARAMETER key — SYN, FLTR, AMP, FX or MOD — to open that page.
Turn DATA ENTRY knobs A–H to change the parameters.

Copy a whole preset to another track

Hold TRK and the source track’s TRIG key, then press RECORD to copy its preset.
Hold TRK and the destination track’s TRIG key, then press STOP to paste it.

Key combinations

TRK + TRIG 1–16 + RECORD: Copies that track’s complete preset, with all its parameter settings.
TRK + TRIG 1–16 + STOP: Pastes the copied preset to that track.
TRK + RECORD: Copies the active track’s preset.
TRK + STOP: Pastes the copied preset to the active track.
TRK + PLAY: Clears the active track’s preset.
TRK + TRIG 1–16 + NO: Reloads that track’s preset from its last saved state.

Every parameter on every page is explained from Editing track parameters onwards, and Editing parameters covers knob tricks such as resetting a parameter to its default.

4.6BasicsManual §9.5 p.35, §9.2.2 p.30, §16 p.84, §16 p.86

Saving a preset

Your edits live inside the active pattern. Saving exports the active track’s preset to the +Drive library, where every project can load it — and from where you can add it to a pool for preset locks (The +Drive library and the pool). Besides the parameter pages, a saved preset carries its SETUP menu track settings and its arpeggiator settings (The SETUP menu: kit and track settings, The arpeggiator).

Save the active track’s preset

Press PRESET/KIT.
Highlight SAVE in the PRESET part and press YES.
Turn LEVEL/DATA or press UP/DOWN to choose a slot — an empty one, unless you mean to replace what’s there.
Press YES. If the slot already holds a preset, confirm that you want to save over it.
Name the preset on the NAMING screen (Naming things) and press YES.
On the TAGS screen, move with the ARROW keys and press YES to apply or remove each tag.
Highlight <SAVE> and press YES.

Save the sound of a single trig

Enter GRID RECORDING mode (GRID RECORDING mode).
To hear the step first, press TRIG + YES. The preview includes the trig’s parameter locks.
Hold the step’s TRIG key and press PRESET/KIT to save its sound as a preset, parameter locks included.

Key combinations

UP/DOWN: Chooses the slot to save to.SAVE (PRESET)
YES: Saves the preset to the highlighted slot.SAVE (PRESET)
ARROW: Moves between the tags.TAGS screen
YES: Applies or removes the highlighted tag.TAGS screen
TRIG + PRESET/KIT: Saves the trig’s sound as a preset, taking its parameter locks into account.GRID RECORDING mode
TRIG + YES: Previews the trig, parameter locks included.GRID RECORDING or STEP RECORDING mode

Helpers on the SAVE screen

Press LEFT for the SORTING menu: ADD TO PRESET POOL, SELECT BANK, SORT ABC / SORT 123, FILTER, SEARCH and SHOW ALL SLOTS (The PRESET/KIT menu).
Untick SHOW ALL SLOTS to list only the empty slots — handy for finding a free one.
Press FUNC + NO to clear a search.

4.7IntermediateOS 1.10+Manual §9.6 p.35, §9.6.1 p.35, §9.6.2 p.37, §16 p.85

The SETUP menu gathers settings that don’t belong on the parameter pages. Its KIT part works across the whole kit: which tracks respond to control all, what the compressor processes, which tracks layer or choke each other, which ones follow pattern transpose — and swapping two tracks. Its TRACK part shapes how the active track’s preset plays — polyphony, note priority, velocity response, glide — and lets incoming MIDI and note pitch modulate up to four parameters each.

Open and move around

Press FUNC + FLTR.
Press UP/DOWN to move between the options.
In the TRACK part, press LEFT/RIGHT to change a setting, or YES to open a submenu.
Press NO to leave.

Key combinations

FUNC + FLTR: Opens the SETUP menu.
UP/DOWN: Moves between the options.SETUP menu
YES: Confirms the selection or opens the highlighted option.SETUP menu
LEFT/RIGHT: Changes the highlighted setting.SETUP menu, TRACK part
NO: Exits the menu.SETUP menu
TRIG: Chooses which tracks are included.CONTROL ALL CONFIG, COMPRESSOR ROUTING or PTN TRANSPOSE CONF
UP/DOWN: Switches between the two routing pages.COMPRESSOR ROUTING
FUNC + TRK: Selects the active track.TRACK LAYERING and choke screens
TRIG: Chooses which tracks the active track triggers.TRACK LAYERING
DOWN: Opens the choke setup screen.TRACK LAYERING
TRIG: Chooses which tracks the active track chokes.Choke setup screen
Hold two TRIG keys: Swaps those two tracks; keep holding until the screen reads “TRACKS X AND X SWAPPED”.TRACK SWAP
YES: Confirms the destination parameters chosen with A–D.KEY TRACKING, VELOCITY MOD, AFTERTOUCH, PITCH BEND, MODULATION WHEEL, BREATH CTRL

KIT settings

CONTROL ALL CONFIG: Pick with the TRIG keys which tracks control all affects — that’s holding TRK while you change a parameter (Editing parameters). MIDI tracks can’t be picked.
COMPRESSOR ROUTING: Pick with the TRIG keys which tracks, inputs and effects go through the compressor. The first page holds the 16 tracks, the second the L and R inputs and the send effects; UP/DOWN moves between them. MIDI tracks can’t be picked (Compressor).
TRACK LAYERING: Lets one track trigger others with the same note, from the sequencer or the keyboard, so two or more presets play together. Choose the track with FUNC + TRK, then pick the tracks it triggers with the TRIG keys; layered tracks show as filled squares. Press DOWN for the choke screen.
PTN TRANSPOSE CONFPattern transpose config: Pick with the TRIG keys which tracks follow pattern transpose (Transposing tracks, patterns and trigs). The manual’s heading calls it PATTERN TRANSPOSE CONF.
TRACK SWAP: Makes two tracks trade places, taking all their settings, presets and sequencer data with them. Hold both tracks’ TRIG keys until the screen confirms the swap. Added in OS 1.10.

TRACK settings

PLAY MODE: Sets whether the preset is polyphonic or monophonic, and how the LFOs of its voices relate to each other (table below).Range POLY, POLY M.LFO, MONO, MONO LEG.
MONO NOTE PRIOMono note priority: Decides which note sounds when several are played at once. Only available when PLAY MODE is MONO or MONO LEG.Range LAST, LOW, HIGH
VELOCITY TO VOLVelocity to volume: Sets how MIDI velocity changes the volume when you play the preset from a MIDI keyboard (table below).Range OFF, LOG, LIN, EXP, EXP 2
OCTAVE: Sets the preset’s base octave. Because the octave travels with the preset, presets you combine with Preset locks need less transposing of the sequencer notes to work together.
PITCH BEND DEPTH: Sets how strongly pitch bend from external MIDI gear affects the Digitone II.
PORTAMENTO: Submenu with TYPE, SLOPE, AMOUNT, STYLE and GATING (table below). Portamento itself is switched on with PORT and timed with PTIM on TRIG page 2 (The TRIG pages).
KEY TRACKING: Up to four parameters that follow pitch — both the NOTE parameter on the TRIG page and notes arriving over MIDI.
VELOCITY MOD: Up to four parameters driven by velocity — both the VEL parameter on the TRIG page and the velocity of incoming MIDI notes.
AFTERTOUCH: Up to four parameters controlled by MIDI aftertouch.
PITCH BEND: Up to four parameters controlled by MIDI pitch bend. This is separate from PITCH BEND DEPTH, which sets how far the pitch bends.
MODULATION WHEEL: Up to four parameters controlled by the MIDI mod wheel (CC #1).
BREATH CTRLBreath controller: Up to four parameters controlled by a MIDI breath controller (CC #2).
RENAME: Opens the NAMING screen so you can rename the active track’s preset (Naming things).

PLAY MODE options

Option	What it does
`POLY`	Polyphonic. The LFOs of each voice run independently.
`POLY M.LFO`	Polyphonic with mono LFO. Every voice’s LFOs follow the cycle of the first voice played, so they act like one shared LFO — useful for a tremolo, for example.
`MONO`	Monophonic. Every new note retriggers the envelope.
`MONO LEG.`	Monophonic legato. A new note doesn’t retrigger the envelopes while the previous one is still held.

MONO NOTE PRIO options

Option	Which note wins
`LAST`	The note played most recently.
`LOW`	The lowest note.
`HIGH`	The highest note.

VELOCITY TO VOL curves

Curve	How volume responds to playing strength
`OFF`	Velocity doesn’t affect the volume.
`LOG`	Logarithmic: soft presses differ from each other in volume more than hard ones do.
`LIN`	Linear: volume follows playing strength in direct proportion.
`EXP`	Exponential: hard presses differ from each other in volume more than soft ones do.
`EXP 2`	Exponential like `EXP`, but starting higher, so low velocities have more effect on the volume.

PORTAMENTO settings

Setting	Option	What happens
`TYPE`	`TRACK`	The pitch glides from the last note played on the track to the next new note.
`TYPE`	`VOICE`	The pitch glides from the last note a particular voice played to the next new note on that same voice.
`TYPE`	`LEGATO ONLY`	The pitch glides from the last note that’s still held down to the next new note on the track.
`SLOPE`	`CONSTANT RATE`	The glide moves linearly at a fixed rate, so wider intervals take longer.
`SLOPE`	`CONSTANT TIME`	The glide moves linearly and always takes the same time, so wider intervals glide faster.
`AMOUNT`	—	Allows partial glides that cover only the last part of the interval. 100 glides all the way; lower values start the glide nearer the target pitch.
`STYLE`	`GLIDE`	Ordinary, continuous portamento.
`STYLE`	`GLISSANDO`	The glide moves in semitone steps.
`GATING`	`OFF`	The glide carries on after you let go of the key.
`GATING`	`ON`	The glide stops when you let go of the key.

Assign modulation (KEY TRACKING, VELOCITY MOD, AFTERTOUCH, PITCH BEND, MODULATION WHEEL, BREATH CTRL)

Highlight the option and press YES to open it.
Turn A–D to choose up to four destinations from the SYN, FLTR, AMP, FX and MOD pages.
Press YES to confirm them.
Turn E–H to set the depth for each destination. The depth is an offset from the parameter’s own value.
Turn LEVEL/DATA to try out the result.

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4.8IntermediateOS 1.10+Manual §9.7 p.39, §9.7.1 p.40, §9.7.2 p.40, §9.7.3 p.40, §9.7.4 p.40, §9.7.5 p.40, §9.7.6 p.40, §6.4 p.19, §16 p.86

The arpeggiator

Every audio track’s preset has its own arpeggiator, which plays your notes back as a repeating pattern locked to the tempo. Its settings are part of the preset and are saved with it, so the arpeggio comes back whenever you load that sound. MIDI tracks don’t have one.

Set up an arpeggio

Press ARPEGGIATOR to open the ARPEGGIATOR menu.
Press TRIG 1–16 to choose the track whose arpeggiator you want to edit.
Set MODE to anything but OFF to switch the arpeggiator on and choose the note order.
Set SPEED, RANGE and N.LEN.
Set the length of the arpeggio with LEN.
Shape individual steps with OFS (below).

Key combinations

ARPEGGIATOR: Opens the ARPEGGIATOR menu.
FUNC + ARPEGGIATOR: Switches the active track’s arpeggiator on or off.
TRIG 1–16: Chooses the track whose arpeggiator you edit.ARPEGGIATOR menu
LEFT/RIGHT: Selects the arpeggiator step to offset.ARPEGGIATOR menu
DOWN: Mutes the selected arpeggiator step.ARPEGGIATOR menu
UP: Reactivates a muted arpeggiator step.ARPEGGIATOR menu
FUNC + LEFT/RIGHT: Rotates the arpeggiator pattern forwards or backwards.ARPEGGIATOR menu
FUNC + RECORD: Runs the copy command.ARPEGGIATOR menu
FUNC + STOP: Runs the paste command; press it again to undo.ARPEGGIATOR menu
FUNC + PLAY: Runs the clear command; press it again to undo.ARPEGGIATOR menu

ARPEGGIATOR settings

MODE: Switches the arpeggiator on and sets the order the notes play in (table below).Range OFF, TRUE, UP, DOWN, CYCL
SPEED: How fast the arpeggio runs, in values synced to the project’s BPM. OS 1.10 added more choices and renamed some of the existing ones.
RANGE: The octave range. After each full cycle the notes move up an octave; once they reach the octave set here they drop back to where they started and climb again.
N.LENNote length: How long each arpeggiated note lasts.
LENArp length (ARP LENGTH on screen): The length of the arpeggio, in sequencer steps.Range Up to 16 steps
OFSOffset (OFFSET on screen): Transposes the selected arpeggiator step, in semitones, relative to the original note trig.Knob E

MODE options

Option	Note order
`OFF`	The arpeggiator is off.
`TRUE`	The order you put the notes in.
`UP`	Ascending, lowest note to highest, octave by octave.
`DOWN`	Descending, highest note to lowest, octave by octave.
`CYCL`	Up first, then back down.

Shape the steps with OFS

Press LEFT or RIGHT to choose an arpeggiator step.
Turn E to offset that step in semitones.
Press DOWN to mute the step, or UP to bring a muted step back.
Press FUNC + LEFT/RIGHT to rotate the whole pattern forwards or backwards.

Because the arpeggiator is part of the preset, save the preset to keep it (Saving a preset). Copy, paste and clear work here as they do elsewhere (Copy, clear and paste).

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