Can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator please

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Can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator please

Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:00 am

hi, I was wondering can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator. I am thinking about getting the Albino 3..as it seems to hold 4 in one work surface ..


i do have the Live Arpeggiator and absynth 3(not to mention reason)
but i find LIVE5 Arpeggiator a little weak and Absynth just takes to bloody long. yeah Absynth sounds great but if you are looking for quick Arpeggiator sounds... it's not great.

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Post by mercyplease » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:06 am

To be honest with you mate the Live appregiator is about as good as you will find out there. Im not really big on appregiator synth lines but I will tell you the truth and say that the only one I have ever used in a track is theone from live. All the others sounded to robotic for my liking.
Ask anyone around here Im mega critical if something in live isnt up to par. In fact Im really nasty when I want to be so Im not telling you this because im a live zealot Its a good appregiator no doubt about it.
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Re: Can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator please

Post by Krugger » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:16 am

zazamoth wrote:hi, I was wondering can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator. I am thinking about getting the Albino 3..as it seems to hold 4 in one work surface ..


i do have the Live Arpeggiator and absynth 3(not to mention reason)
but i find LIVE5 Arpeggiator a little weak and Absynth just takes to bloody long. yeah Absynth sounds great but if you are looking for quick Arpeggiator sounds... it's not great.

Thanks for reading :wink:
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:17 am

Cheers mercyplease

I do like the one in live, and to tell the truth i am only just learning appregiator thing (Never had to use it till now) ..so anyones help would be really appreciated. It could just be my inexperience dealing with them..as live's appregiator doesnt seem to produce as many complex patterns as others do.
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Re: Can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator please

Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:25 am

Krugger wrote:
zazamoth wrote:hi, I was wondering can anyone suggest a good Arpeggiator. I am thinking about getting the Albino 3..as it seems to hold 4 in one work surface ..


i do have the Live Arpeggiator and absynth 3(not to mention reason)
but i find LIVE5 Arpeggiator a little weak and Absynth just takes to bloody long. yeah Absynth sounds great but if you are looking for quick Arpeggiator sounds... it's not great.

Thanks for reading :wink:
Albino 3 rules - Download the demo and give it a go

yeah, i was having a play with it yesterday..giving it real thought..just being careful with my money just now...would you say it was worth it? (i have only had half an hour to play with it)..becasue, I have been keeping an eye on Ni's Fm8 and massive, so i am not sure were to spend my money just now lol :D
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Post by b0unce » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:35 am

i have heard many good things about the WALDORF MICRO Q's arp. not to mention its an absolutely stunning sounding synth.

Also, logic is noted for its arp....apparently you can make all kinds of customized mega-arps, maybe logic is over kill....but perhaps logic express has these functions too ?
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Post by kineticUk » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:47 am

Cubase has an arp (Maybe two?) they are both good, but to be honest I think Lives is great.
You cannot go wrong with it seriously, don't waste your money..just spend some quality time with the Live arp.
I don't think its worth buying logic or cubase for an arp anyway.
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:52 am

Hey b0unce

thanks, I will need to go and have a look at both those..especially Logic as i haven't had the chance to play with that yet !!!

Someone was saying yesterday i should have a look at cakewalks zt3a..but i didn't think that would work in live !?
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:04 am

thanks kineticUk,

yeah i am actually going to spend some time with live today..see if i can get some decent patterns out of it..i am not to fond of cubase ..but in saying that, it's only one of the lite versions i own..i would have upgraded but steinberg messed me around so much i gave up.
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Post by fatrabbit » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:05 am

Why not use more than one Live Arpeg. on a track?

I've got some great complexities out of 2 arps playing off each other.

Also try combining that with Chord and Scale.
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:13 am

fatrabbit!!!

how stupid do i feel..i didn't think of even trying that..i just thought it would tell me me one instrument at a time!!!

Doh!!!

sometimes you just need someone to say..em..why havent you tired this..

cheers

thanks everone..if anyone has anymore advice please keep it coming, as i havent really done the whole Arpeggiator thing so...many thanks for the help!!!
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Post by minimal » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:19 am

b0unce wrote:i have heard many good things about the WALDORF MICRO Q's arp. not to mention its an absolutely stunning sounding synth.

Also, logic is noted for its arp....apparently you can make all kinds of customized mega-arps, maybe logic is over kill....but perhaps logic express has these functions too ?
word bounce, I was going to write the same.
The nice thing of the microQ is that you can write the 16 steps patterns w/note lengt, accent and slide, you can have up to 12 arpeggios stored.
The factory are a bit too trance oriented for my liking but you can do what you want with it.
not to mention its an absolutely stunning synth, with really nice filters and wicked modulation matrix, good sounding effects STOP I could go on and on
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:20 am

fatrabbit

em i can't get that to work..i am i missing something here ??
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Post by zazamoth » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:24 am

ignore that ..i have got it working

cheers fatrabbit!!!


and minimal thank you as well..i think i am going to go and have a look at this now...
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Post by minimal » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:52 am

zazamoth wrote:ignore that ..i have got it working

cheers fatrabbit!!!


and minimal thank you as well..i think i am going to go and have a look at this now...
they're going pretty cheap at the moment (2nd hand) or you can buy a new one, waldorf is in businness again.
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