Having trouble creating a custom arpeggio

14 Dec 2009, 09:17

I want to create an arpeggio for the baseline of "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles... I'm using a Fantom XR but for the life of me can't figure out how to create and place each note (and some notes are held longer than others...) I want to be able to hit one key, and it plays a pattern that includes other keys... i.e. a simple bass riff...

Any help?

Re: Having trouble creating a custom arpeggio

14 Dec 2009, 10:27

Hi RRabbi,

Do you mean to set up an arpeggio so that when you press the "E" key you get the "E B B C E'" riff, then you'd press the "A" key to get the same bassline in A and so on?

I'm not sure how you'd do the timings, but the notes shouldn't be too difficult.

Andy

Andy

Re: Having trouble creating a custom arpeggio

14 Dec 2009, 12:14

exactly... yeah, from reading the manual it seems to say that for certain notes (i.e. if I choose 16 beats or 8 beats for the arpeggio) some of the notes can "hold" which i'm assuming I'd need to do for some in the riff... not sure if the format goes using things like whole notes, quarter notes, half, etc... or what...

Couldn't find a step by step for how to edit or create an arpeggio and alter the note lengths... I can easily put the notes in, but the timing sounds weird... it just runs all the notes together...