20 ARTURIA – KeyStep – USER’S MANUAL
To start an arpeggio pattern from the beginning, press the Stop button. Then press Play
again and hold down some keys.
3.3.4 Set the tempo
Use the Rate knob or the Tap button to adjust the playback tempo. You can also set the
exact tempo of the arpeggio pattern before starting the arpeggiator by pressing the Tap
button a few times.
With the MIDI Control Center you can specify how many taps of the Tap button it takes
to adjust the tempo, and also how the Rate knob will respond when it is turned. See
chapter 10 for more information.
Remember: Tap tempo and the Rate knob will not function when KeyStep is set to one of
the external sync sources.
3.3.5 Time Division
The Time Division encoder allows you to change the rhythmic relationship of the
arpeggio relative to the tempo: quarter notes (one step per beat), eighth notes (two
steps per beat), and so on. Triplet values are offered as well (1/4T, 1/8T, etc.).
3.3.6 Hold button
When the Hold button is lit you can lift your fingers off the keys and the arpeggio will
keep playing. It will keep running until you play another note or chord, at which point
the new note(s) will become a new arpeggio.
You may add as many as 32 notes to your arpeggio as long as you continue to hold
down at least one key. The notes you play will be added to the arpeggio at the nearest
time division increment.
The same rule applies with large arpeggios: once you release all of the keys the arpeggio
you have constructed will continue to run until you play another note or chord.
For even more in-depth coverage of the arpeggiator see chapter 6.
