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Macro Controls

The Macro knobs are an incredibly powerful way to control any of ARPs parameters. Either for a single or mulitiple arps.

By default, the 4 knobs are set to control the velocity of arps 1 to 4.

Assigning to Arp Parameters

To set a knob to control a different parameter, press and hold down the knob button.

While still holding the button, select one or more arps to control by toggling the TRACK SELECT buttons so that only the arps you want are lit.

Then, while still holding the button, select the parameter you wish to control by pressing the associated CHORD or NOTE button.

Where a button has multiple parameters, (e.g. Dynamics, Groove, FX, Mod A, and Mod B) press the button multiple times until you reach the desired parameter.

Release the knob to save the change.

Rotating the knob will now modify the parameter you selected.

The parameter value will be shown briefly in the display.

Holding down the knob button will highlight the arps and the parameter associated with that knob, and the display will also show the selected parameter and its value.

This applies in both SET and PLAY Modes.

Setting to Output MIDI CC

The Macro controls can be set to output MIDI Control Change messages (Used to modify external hardware or software controls/sounds).

  • Press and hold a Macro knob, then press the CC Learn button.

The knob will now output CC values from 0 to 127 when rotated.

Pressing the button will also send CC values.

You can set the button to either Latch or Momentary by pressing the CC Learn button repeatedly while assigning.

  • When set to Latch, emitted values will toggle between 127 and 0 each time the button is pressed.

  • When set to Momentary, a CC value of 127 will be emitted when the button is pressed and 0 will be emitted when the button is released.

The MIDI CC output channel can be set in the global menu.

In SET Mode, press the menu button repeatedly until you see "CC Output Channel". Then, use the UP/Down buttons or the KNOB control to select the desired channel.

The last value for each CC assigned Macro is stored automatically and will be recalled when powering up.

To remove the CC assignment, simply assign the MACRO to a different parameter.

Please Note that, in using this method: -

  • Macro assignments are global and not saved per patch

  • CC control numbers are fixed

  • Macros cannot be assigned to both ARPs parameters AND MIDI CC

Assigning Macros to CC Value

As an alternative method of outputting CC messages via the Macro controls, you can assign a macro knob to the CC Value parameter

  • Press and Hold the Macro knob

  • Use the MIDI OUT button to select CC Value

As the CC Value changes, the corresponding CC message will be emitted from ARP.

The CC message number is set by the CC Number parameter

The CC MIDI channel is defined via Menu >> CC Output Channel

When assigning macros to CC Output in this way: -

  • CC Numbers are not fixed and can be set to any control number

  • Macro buttons are not enabled as CC Outputs