How do I pull proper arpeggios ?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:32 pm
Dear fellow producers,
Some of you may remember my track "heat beating wrong" where I have made use of the Arpeggio function. This time I got lucky and the result was not too buggy.
But in fact I need to say I don't understand how to come up with nice arpeggios, and I thought I could share my thought and questions about this nice tool provided by LMMS before doing further experimentation.
First statement : "If I set the arpeggio time or frequency the same number than tempo, then a complete arpeggio should take about one time measure, one square" -> just tried it again, I was wrong.
question 1 : Do you know a setting of arpeggio where I can place a note block and be sure the arpeggio will last the same duration as the note block ? It's gross when the arpeggio progression cuts in the middle of process.
Addendum : Played at tempo 140 in 4/4, setting this toggle to 191 ms seems to give some continuity to the movement from a one-block note to another (1 measure). But for me it's still unpredicatable ! And if I come from a 0.5 block to another it's again discontinuous... Damn, damn.
Also I can talk about the other little things I'm discovering by myself. Setting different chords, piece of cake, although I do not understand all the names. "Direction up/down", ok got it.
"Mode : Free, Sort, Sync" -> I don't get what it changes. I push my button to check the sound, and the sound is the same, there's something I'm probably missing.
"Arpeggio duration" : I don't really get it. It does not change the frequency, but shortens each individual notes and introduces some silences in the many arpeggios. Do you play a lot with this toggle ?
Addendum : I set this little brat to 1% and the result is not consistent, it's very buggy. When set at 100% each individual note plays loooongly and recovers the next one. Can come handy maybe.
How often do you use arpeggios in your productions ? Do they come clean most of time ?
That's all. Thanks.
I hope this topic is of interest for y'all.
Some of you may remember my track "heat beating wrong" where I have made use of the Arpeggio function. This time I got lucky and the result was not too buggy.
But in fact I need to say I don't understand how to come up with nice arpeggios, and I thought I could share my thought and questions about this nice tool provided by LMMS before doing further experimentation.
First statement : "If I set the arpeggio time or frequency the same number than tempo, then a complete arpeggio should take about one time measure, one square" -> just tried it again, I was wrong.
question 1 : Do you know a setting of arpeggio where I can place a note block and be sure the arpeggio will last the same duration as the note block ? It's gross when the arpeggio progression cuts in the middle of process.
Addendum : Played at tempo 140 in 4/4, setting this toggle to 191 ms seems to give some continuity to the movement from a one-block note to another (1 measure). But for me it's still unpredicatable ! And if I come from a 0.5 block to another it's again discontinuous... Damn, damn.
Also I can talk about the other little things I'm discovering by myself. Setting different chords, piece of cake, although I do not understand all the names. "Direction up/down", ok got it.
"Mode : Free, Sort, Sync" -> I don't get what it changes. I push my button to check the sound, and the sound is the same, there's something I'm probably missing.
"Arpeggio duration" : I don't really get it. It does not change the frequency, but shortens each individual notes and introduces some silences in the many arpeggios. Do you play a lot with this toggle ?
Addendum : I set this little brat to 1% and the result is not consistent, it's very buggy. When set at 100% each individual note plays loooongly and recovers the next one. Can come handy maybe.
How often do you use arpeggios in your productions ? Do they come clean most of time ?
That's all. Thanks.
I hope this topic is of interest for y'all.