Fun with the arpeggiator.

[superd2112]

With no gigs for the next few weeks, I've finally had some time to dig a little deeper into the T-3's arpeggiator. What a blast! There are certainly a few new songs lurking in there, waiting to come on out. One of the coolest things I've found, however, are the bubbling & hypnotic "echo" sounds I've created by setting the LFO to modulate the filter and pitch, with it's speed set at roughly double the speed of the arpeggiator - it sounds like its running through a delay pedal. Also, if you take the same patch & program it into all 4 slots of 1 bank, and program different arpeggio patterns for each one, you can toggle between them and play some musically complex patterns very easily.
The T-3 continues to amaze and impress me - Thank You Moog.

[Sparks]

Hey superd112, can you post an audio example on the taurusbass site? I'd love to here it.

Mark

[EricK]

The other day I was trying to slow down the arp and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out.

I wanted to have a slow sequence trigger the arp. A sequencer in combination with an arpeggiator can make for some interesting things.

Seems Im having a problem with both.
First, trying to program a sequence that sounds interesting beyond looping indefinitely.
Second, trying to make arpeggios interesting without looping indefinately.

Looks like Im going to crack open the manual.

Eric

[superd2112]

Eric,

Does your sequencer have MIDI in, for clock speed control? I use a Roland drum machine when I sync my Taurus, LP and JP-8000 together for arpeggios. The speed of all three synths can then be set with one control, stopping & starting, and speeding up and slowing together in sync.

As for Taurus loops getting stale or boring, try changing keys on the fly using the transpose function. Also, stopping and re-starting the arp at various points in the song helps break things up & keeps the song interesting. Another simple but effective tool is to keep the arp pattern fairly basic, while playing a more complex bass line over the top of that.

Good luck, and happy playing!

[EricK]

I appreciate the suggestions very much. I think its a matter of just having MORE synthesizer to work with. More sequencers and pitch destinations. More modifiers, and then a little bit more talent in making them sound good lol.

[c7sus]

Looks interesting but a little spendy.

http://www.analoguehaven.com/gotharmans/noterandomizer/

[EricK]

Man people think of everything!

THanks for the link.

[HB3]

Did you crack the manual, Erik? As I recall, you've got to press two buttons together to adjust the arp tempo. Definitely not intuitive in this case.