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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.

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

Mark

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

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!

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.

Looks interesting but a little spendy.

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

Man people think of everything!

THanks for the link.

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.