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Arpeggiator notes into Max

seejayjames — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:40:47 +0000

Anyone know why arpeggiator notes being sent into a patch don’t arpeggiate? I’m using them as noteins and then doing an mtof to create audio. But, only one note gets sent no matter what I press… no arpeggiation. Something to do with the note-offs? Do I need to stripnote or something?

It would be so great to have arpeggiation going so I could just tweak filters and such on the sequence in real-time. Also to use with regular General MIDI patches in Max.

Thanks!

-CJ

Re: Arpeggiator notes into Max

Peter McCulloch — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:17:55 +0000

Hi, Seejay,

Can you send the patch you’re trying to use? It sounds like a poly~
without voice-stealing, maybe? (and this is a mono-synth?) Can you
see the arpeggiated notes coming into a notein?

Peter McCulloch

Re: Arpeggiator notes into Max

seejayjames — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:37:48 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply. I’m sending a basic test patch because I just need to get the arpeggiation working (the real patch is overly complicated for this question).

The synth is polyphonic (Korg DW-8000). I can see the notes, but only the latest ones, depending on when I release them. They don’t come in arpeggiated, they just come in as I press them. I do know I need some more expertise with poly to figure all this out. I think the arpeggiation does something screwy—maybe doesn’t send note-offs or something… so the notein can’t read the stream.

-CJ

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max v2;
#N vpatcher 5 40 605 440;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 12.;
#P newex 499 292 68 9109516 unpack 1 1;
#P number 538 325 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 488 322 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 392 270 68 9109516 unpack 1 1;
#P number 431 303 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 381 300 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 282 251 68 9109516 unpack 1 1;
#P number 321 284 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 271 281 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 170 245 68 9109516 unpack 1 1;
#P number 209 278 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 159 275 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 385 183 48 9109516 pak 1 1;
#P newex 299 206 53 9109516 gate 4;
#P number 422 146 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 374 145 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 323 146 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 353 105 53 9109516 poly 4;
#P number 248 104 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 205 108 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P number 163 112 35 12 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P newex 245 52 42 9109516 notein;
#P connect 12 0 10 0;
#P connect 0 0 1 0;
#P connect 8 0 12 0;
#P connect 0 1 2 0;
#P connect 12 1 11 0;
#P connect 0 2 3 0;
#P connect 15 0 13 0;
#P connect 8 1 15 0;
#P connect 5 0 8 0;
#P connect 15 1 14 0;
#P connect 4 0 5 0;
#P connect 9 0 8 1;
#P connect 0 0 4 0;
#P connect 4 1 6 0;
#P connect 18 0 16 0;
#P connect 6 0 9 0;
#P connect 8 2 18 0;
#P connect 0 1 4 1;
#P connect 4 2 7 0;
#P connect 7 0 9 1;
#P connect 18 1 17 0;
#P connect 21 0 19 0;
#P connect 8 3 21 0;
#P connect 21 1 20 0;
#P pop;

Re: Arpeggiator notes into Max

Chris Muir — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:31:47 +0000

Are you sure that the Korg DW-8000 even sends the arpeggiated notes?
Some synths place the arpeggiator on the voice side of things, and
not the MIDI control side of things.

If you play a chord into the DW-8000 from an external source, with
the arpeggiator on, does it play a chord or an arpeggio?

-C

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Re: Arpeggiator notes into Max

Stefan Tiedje — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:55:30 +0000

Seejay James wrote:
> Something to do with the note-offs? Do I need to stripnote or
> something?

Without seing your patch I’d say yes, but with that suspicion, did you
try it? (I mean before you posted? (always recommended, most questions
answer themself with trial and error in Max faster than writing an
e-mail…))

Stefan

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