ARPIE -MIDI Arpeggiator

 

Simple to use but huge on features, the ARPIE enables you to send arpeggiated chords via MIDI to any Synthesizer or Sound Module, opening up a whole world of musical possibilities and breathing new life into old gear. As well as an internal clock, the ARPIE receives a MIDI clock through a central input to SYNC your hardware in a range of note timings. It can even be used without a keyboard!

Here is the low-down on what the ARPIE can do:

  • Arpeggiate modes: Up, Down, Up-Down, Randomised, Manual or Polyphonic Gated Chord

  • Lock notes to scale: 7 musical modes/11 root notes/selectable out-of-scale note handling

  • Variable playback rate: 1 to 1/32 beats per step, with dotted and triplet options

  • Transpose from -3 to +12 semitones from the front panel, or by inputted MIDI note

  • Control note length and MIDI velocity

  • 1-16 step play/rest pattern with randomisation options

  • Automate up to 16 bars of transposition, with the force to scale option for finding new chord progressions

  • Manual chord entry mode: Experiment with chords and access ARPIE's full potential without any keyboard attached!

  • Per-step Accent, Full Gate, Tied Gate, Octave Up/Down, Fourth interval down, polyphonic play through with randomisation options

  • Mutate and extend the arpeggio with inserted notes: None/Lowest note/Highest note/meander 3 steps forward 1 step back/4 steps forward 2 steps back

  • Select MIDI channels and OMNI receive mode with MIDI thru, MIDI panic and MIDI "Channel Mode" filter

  • Control accent velocity with added support for Volca FM

  • Internal MIDI clock with tap tempo - slave or master

  • Alternative MIDI clock input socket

  • 6 pin "Hack Header" expansion port.Standard firmware allows three standard potentiometers to control MIDI CC's, Mod, Bend, BPM, Velocity etc

  • Control Receive, Transmit, Beat Clock and Chord Hold using the front panel, with firmware diagnostic/power LEDs on mainboard and a reset button

  • Integral 9V PP3 battery holder and 9V DC socket (2.1mm barrel) which works with either polarity plug.

  • Small size (98mm x 87mm x 35mm approx dimensions) and lightweight (approx 125g without battery)