Arpeggios & Sequences · Session 05

Create Epic Arpeggios

15 min · Arpeggiator + theory · No patch cable needed

 

The arpeggiator, a plucky patch, and one music theory trick that carries the whole thing.

All eight arpeggio modes and the hold behaviour that isn’t obvious — including how to jump to a new chord instead of adding to the old one. Then the patch: bright and plucky, with oscillator 4 as a second LFO for rhythmic filter movement, or two square waves blended in the modulation mix to create a pattern neither could produce alone. The theory half is one number pattern for every minor scale, plus stacked fifths that you shift up and down.

In this session

All eight arpeggio modesHold & chord switchingGate lengthPlucky envelope shapingOscillator 4 as LFOBlending two modulation sourcesNatural minor patternStacked fifths

Tip: Turn oscillator 4 control off when you use it for modulation. Left on, the modulation speed changes with every note you play — fine for pitch, wrong for a steady rhythm.

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