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I agree... It is an error to think of it as just an arp.

Note, in particular, that yu can inject *any* Belcanto into one (of multiple) actions at each step.

If you use larger steps, you can easily trigger an arp in a plugin (so 16 steps could be 16 bars... or 32... or whatever)

I'd be interested in knowing the maximum number of steps as well having not gone much past the physical keyboard.

I use the arrangers a LOT. Not usually for drums, more usually as step sequencers. They are really very good at that, although there are some caveats, one being that they can be fiddly to input, and they survive a setup change so you need to remember to clear them out before loading a different setup.

Sounds like the perfect thing for improvising over chord pad...just insert belcanto to set a specific scale (major or minor) or custom scales for chords and set the tonic.

Key/chord changes should work a treat with this functionality. The arranger is a lifesaver!

@Randy - try it, and tell me if it is a bug or not. Alpha setup 3, put a arranger sequence together, make it simple, then save it. Clear the arranger sequence and make another, save a new setup. Now load the previous one without clearing the sequence. What happens?

1.4-latest stable, by the way.

-Paul

@carvingCode - yup, I use them too. Loop recorder as well as arranger. What I get out of it is the ability to have many different parts running which I can bring in and out of my mix in performance. It's just that the arranger sequences can be much more complex.

@Randy

In version 2, with workbench, you can examine each entry in the arranger (each key you can set to 'happen' as the time bar scrolls past it.

They have an action associated with each key which is a belcanto phrase. Additional actions can be added to each key. They can be whatever belcanto you like.

You can also set up how the time bar moves with respect to the tempo (so lets just assume, for now, that it moves along at a 1/4 note rate in 4/4)

You could, as just one example, set up a 64 beat arranger. On the first beat set a tempo (120) and on the 32nd beat set another tempo (135). The tempo will then switch back and forth every 8 bars. Of course, you could also set a new tempo over the course of a few notes as a accelerando (and put a few in at the end to slow it down again before looping back to step 1)

You could also associate finely separated tempos with many keys and select them in a way that would look a lot like the MIDI CC charts you get in logic - The arranger would play tempos instead of notes.

So, there is a simple example.

Another (sillly) ideais to change tonics to shift the notes that are played (either in the arranger or in a recorder) - you could play one bar of a 12bar blues pattern in a recorder and use an arranger to shift it over the course of 12 bars to it's appropriate spot.

So, basically, any belcanto action you want to happen in the course of a piece can be attached to a key in the arrangers.

@Paul - I recorded in both Arranger 1 and 2 (Tau) two different patterns.

The separate patterns played fine. When I saved the setup and reopened it, the light patterns for the two separate patterns were still in place, but only Arranger 1's pattern actually played. When I switched to Arranger 2,Arranger 1's pattern played.

I'm assuming this is a bug. But you said it occurred in v1.4.latest. My instance was with v2.0.latest. So, is this intended behavior or a bug?

Randy

I've recently started using them but have not had the issues Randy cites. Perhaps a Tau-specific thing?

Easy error to make

Is Arranger also available for the Pico?

If you have Workbench you could add an arranger up in a Pico setup, although with 18 keys I'm not sure how useful it would be. There is nothing intrinsically stopping you doing that though. We don't plan to add one to any Factory setups for the Pico, so if you want to try it you'll need to make your own setup.

John