While in the process of creating new videos for the Intelligence Subscription, I came across an old trick that would make a perfect Part 5 in my Advanced Arpeggiator Programming Techniques series.

I've used this trick a lot, but its one of those things that is either a bug or something inexplicable.

 

The trick is the use of overlapping notes on Arpeggiators chained in parallel. When 2 Arpeggiators are producing the same notes, it will sound like there is only 1 Arpeggiator at work (as it should). But what happens if overlapping notes have different velocities?

I've discovered a way to make a chain the master chain. That means, I can make a note decay from 127 to 0 over 5 seconds and let another Arpeggiator take over when the sound is completely decayed. All you need to do is move around a few chains and hope for the best. But once you got it set up as you want it to be, you can save it as a MIDI Effect Rack or Instrument preset for later use. Thats pretty much the craziest thing you'll find in the Traces 1 and MIDI Muses Live packs. This little trick has only been a secret for so long, only because I'm not sure how to explain it. I made this video to clarify this and illustrate it with an example, so I hope it leaves you enlightened rather than confused.

 

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