Synth Tips | Creating a simple User Arpeggio | MODX/MONTAGE

A short tutorial on creating a simple User Arpeggio on MODX/MONTAGE Synthesizers.
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[@nedpedersen3661]

A useful feature, dizzying path through menus.

[@desoft8b]

God ... having a montage must be like being in heaven.

[@pontram]

Having one, actually, it's not heaven. No visual control or hands-on to control the arpeggio. No Step-Edit. Look at IKM Uno Synth pro for what I mean. But several thousand, mostly cryptic-named arpeggio-patterns you have. Which are HELL ON EARTH to audit and remember. Of/c, one always can make a midi file in the DAW and transfer the file into Montage via USB stick. Having so much functionality isn't always heaven. Especially not, when essential functionality isn't present. Remember that rhythm patterns are essentially fixed arpeggios here. So, no step edit. One mistake during recording - try it again, Sam...

[@CoalvilleQuad]

Doesn't seem very simple to me?

[@paulis7319]

Thank you! This is the kick in the butt I needed to create the songs that have been in my head for ages!

[@froguz]

This is super useful. Thanks!

[@karlos2786]

Great video, to the point. Just wanted to know.....in the user arpeggios menu, what is the function of arp track 2 and 3 etc.

[@dnk700]

I need help with the following question in Montage: I created a user arpeggio in the range of 2 octaves, with the sequence C3-E3-G3-C4-G4-C4-G3-E3. But what I want is that, when assigning this arp in a performance, the sequence is triggered when I play only the chord (C-E-G), like what we do on arranger keyboards. For me it's not working, because the sequence only sounds correctly if I play exactly all 8 notes that make up the sequence, in the range of octaves. If I play the chord in its triad, only the three notes played sound, repeating the last one until completing the number of notes recorded in the arpeggiator. Is there any way to resolve this?

[@boboscurse4130]

How do you edit an arpeggio you created?

[@synthfills2851]

For 3 years now I am using Montage. All the functions and features I explored so far work well, however at the arpeggio part I am struggling. There are 3 types of arpeggio: fixed , normal and original notes. The fixed note function works well with the drums, but with any other instrument channel, like a bass or any other instrument which has chord patterns, all the three functions mentioned about is not accurate. If the chord changes are not 100% in time and on the first beat of the bar, than the notes from the pattern are shifted and come later. However, in the user memory of the instrument, I found an arpeggio type, that works just like what I would like to do. For example, with MA_8Beat Slow_C arpeggio it does not matter on what beat I am changing the chords, all the instruments come smoothly in the right time from the arpeggio pattern, without any note shift and independent from the midi note length. My question is, how could I create an arpeggio like MA_8Beat Slow_C on my instrument? Regards,

[@beetleworx]

Short & useful ....

[@stroberts3]

This video shows how to create what I was taught to be an ostinato - a repeated rhythmic pattern. I would like to play live a simple eighth-note broken chord arpeggio: C - E - G - C. Is that possible on a MODX?

[@giovannifiorini7195]

How do you get a step sequencer like keystep? Memorize a series of bass notes that play as a sequence following the pitch?

[@wavester46]

Good old Yamaha, 8 simple clicks and you're there.....Roland is so much simpler IMHO.

[@edgaba]

Seems like too many screens to bounce around. It would be better if they had an option within the sequencer to turn any phrase into an arp.

[@erikfox8471]

i have done everything as you do here but it wont play...press arp button and no sound...im on latest firmware on modx...any help???

[@alan93]

This did not work for me. When I turn Arp On and hold a key note it plays the same note over and over again. It only plays the notes I recorded when I hit the play button. Why doesn't this work for me?

[@alan93]

Ok after hours of trying to figure this out, there's a setting at :45 that says "Arp Track" there are three options, the one you want for original notes is "ORIGINAL NOTES" ! duh. And why would that not be the default? And why isn't it mentioned in this video ? ugh.

[@caddood]

A song from Scandal called 'Goodbye To You' has a beginning bass sequence with the following chords (Am, D, F#, E). I need to make that into a sequence or a arpeggio where I can either hold the chord (preferred) or at least one key. Any idea how to do this?

[@alan93]

It seems that for this on yamaha it only records note sequences and you can only play them back with the play button. Its more of a recorder/player than a arpeggiator.

[@coltongriff]

how do you speed up arps?

[@1975Stevo]

Would love to know whether you can create an arpeggio using a DAW then import it into the ModX / Montage.

[@jorgececilio6005]

Boa tarde. Muito obrigado pelo seu vídeo, seria possível fazer a mesma coisa , mas com 4 canais? 4 instrumentos diferentes? Obrigado Cumprimentos

[@Guitarislife1977]

Great video. Do you know how to create a more complex arpeggio? I'm trying to create the arpeggio from radio gaga and it plays octave notes over a span of 3 octaves. When I store my pattern as a user arp and assign it to a part and then press a single root note of the arpeggio plays the full pattern but only uses the 1 note from the first octave and notes from the 3 octaves

[@SOPM2007]

Not sure if this has to do with the note limitation an arpeggio pattern has. It can store a maximum of 16 different notes.

[@lassel1644]

Cool post Yamaha i am on it !!

[@vanessajazp6341]

“Press Record, then Play, then play along to the click” Except there’s no click, but it still records. How do I get the click?

[@davebassP5]

You need to turn it on, using the button on the screen when you go to record. There are various options for it.

[@SuperEddietv]

Yeah, not exactly. My menu even looks different. Anyway, It wont save the whole arp and its an octave low. It has notes chopped off the bottom and raising the pitch makes it worse. I have notes go missing in the sequence. Been at this for days with every video and manual possible. same result. The recording is there and it plays fine. When I store it, it goes haywire as described. No wonder people are demanding the old layouts.

[@gonzalo.fernandezveron]

I'm missing the "simple" part of this

[@JTRumpet491]

Can anyone help? I've been looking for hours for just basic arpeggio functions - up, up and down, etc, but all they have on my MODX it seems are complicated patterns. All I want is a basic up and down repeating pattern, and I can't figure out how to program it. For how much I paid, you'd think these basic patterns would be easy to find.

[@frankjuno8808]

I also wonder how to create the "classic" arpeggiator patterns up, up/down via USER arpeggios, but I have found these in the arpeggio presets: look out for "MA_Up Oct1" in SynCp-General. There are all combinations of up or up/down with different Octave ranges. They start at Arpeggio number 5972.

[@JTRumpet491]

@@frankjuno8808 You'd think the number would be a bit lower than almost 6,000 lol. Thanks though. Hopefully someone else can find the regular arpeggios. I'm sure the others can inspire creativity, but I just want to not get carpal tunnel doing something automation has been able to do for decades.

[@erikfox8471]

its like rocket science..i gave up....2 weeks with modx its a great synth but soo complicated software...its not user friendly at all, they should give it to the guys from apple to make it much simpler and easy to use...regards

[@wout123100]

@@erikfox8471 come on, it is not so hard, needs some study, only 2 weeks...you have no endurence.

[@SuperEddietv]

@@frankjuno8808 You my friend, win internet award of the day!! over a week at this and read it right here. You would think it would start at the beginning. Thanks!

[@elizabethjamespack8541]

Rather than just telling which keys to press, please explain why those are the steps and how the different concepts are related.

[@darrenhirst9900]

Yamaha Been looking after your money for over 100 years 🤣

[@GIGS19750726]

I regreted so much that i bought it...Omg, a single ARP recall is impossible...a single definition of what is what is totally unclear...jumping to some other menu, and you lost your whole day job..no warnings at all..i am so dissapopinted that i am really thinking to send it back...this is a nightmare.. it can be true, that engineers were hardly working on it, but i bet, not a single musician was around..guys, unless you are an absoulte expert on synthsm and you have nerves from iron, DONT BUY IT

[@andrewczski1969]

I'm waiting for when things are made more complicated, because this is just too easy! NOT!