Arpeggiator

To access the Arpeggiator parameters on your keyboard, do the following:

The Arpeggiator parameters might spread over multiple pages. You can switch between pages using the Page buttons at the left of the display:

A dim lit Page button indicates that another page can be displayed by pressing the button.

The gray numbers at the far right on the display indicate the current page and the total number of pages available:

The first MAIN parameter is Mode. lt lets you select either Arp or Note Repeat. Depending on your selection, a different set of Arpeggiator parameters will be available for further editing.

The Mode setting consists of the following two modes:

The second MAIN parameter, Type, is only available in Arp mode. It sets the sequential order of the arpeggiated notes. Choose whether your arpeggiated chord should be played from the root note and up, the other way around, or even simultaneously. Selecting Order Played will play back the notes in the order you pressed down the corresponding keys on the keyboard. Automating the Type parameter in the DAW can create interesting variations and textures.

The Type setting includes the following values:

The first RHYTHM parameter, Rate, is available in both Arp and Note Repeat mode. It sets the beat of the Arpeggiator in relation to global tempo in musical values, ranging from 1/1 to 1/128. All note values (except 1/1 and 1/128) are available as basic notes, dotted notes, and triplets. Dotted notes are 1.5 times longer than the corresponding basic notes. Triplets are 2/3 the duration of their corresponding basic notes, so that e.g., three 1/4 notes are equal in duration to two basic 1/4 notes.

The Rate setting includes the following values:

The second RHYTHM parameter, Sequence, is only available in Arp mode. It gives you a way of adding interesting rhythms to your arpeggiated notes. Select one of eight different sequences and apply it to the arpeggiator sequence you are playing. Combine Sequence with the Rate parameter to create a huge variety of rhythms at different tempos. If Rate is set to a basic or dotted value, then Sequence applies a 16-step sequencer to the notes. If Rate is instead set to a triplet value, then Sequence applies a 12-step sequencer to the notes.

You can switch sequences in real time during playback. For example, if sequence 1 is running and you instead select sequence 2 after the fourth MIDI note in a pattern has been played back, then sequence 2 starts when the fifth MIDI note in the pattern is played back.

The Sequence setting includes the following values:

The third RHYTHM parameter, Swing, is available in both Arp and Note Repeat mode. Adding Swing to your note sequence can make it feel less quantized and sound more natural. Swing works by introducing a delay to every second note in a sequence. Doing so often adds a certain groove to the music.

Swing lets you set a value between 0% and 100%:

Using Swing in combination with the Gate parameter adds further variations in note duration. For example, if Gate is set to 100%, Komplete Kontrol sends a MIDI note-off message before each note and plays back the sequence legato. If Gate is set to values larger or smaller than 100%, then notes will be scaled after the value of the Swing parameter has been applied, leaving the groove intact.

The first OTHER parameter, Octaves, is only available in Arp mode. It lets you decide the range of the arpeggiator sequence. You can choose to play back your sequence within the octave of only the keys you pressed on the keyboard, or you can select up to eight octaves and let the corresponding notes of your chord or scale be played back in as many octaves.

Depending on the settings you have made to the Type parameter, the octaves played back can be above (e.g., Up), below (e.g., Down) or both above and below (Up & Down) the pressed keys.

The Octaves setting includes the following values:

The second OTHER parameter, Dynamic, is only available in Arp mode. It reads the velocity of the input (a key you pressed on the keyboard or an incoming MIDI note from the DAW) and scales it by the factor you set with the Dynamic parameter. The scaling is applied per note. The velocity of each played note is taken and multiplied by the value set with the Dynamic parameter.

Dynamic lets you set a value between 1.0% and 200.0%.

The third OTHER parameter, Gate, is available in both Arp and Note Repeat mode. It lets you decide the length of the notes in your sequence. Setting a value between 1% and 99% makes the duration of the notes shorter than they otherwise would be. Setting a value between 101% and 200% instead elongates the duration of the notes.

Gate lets you set a value between 1.0 % and 200.0 %.

Gate Reset

The Gate Reset function, mapped to Button 4 above the display, lets you reset the Gate parameter to its default value of 100 % at any time.

The Gate Reset function.

The first ADVANCED parameter, Retrigger, is only available in Arp mode. Retrigger sets a number of steps in the arpeggiator sequence after which the sequence restarts its cycle, regardless of the number of pitches in the sequence.

For example:

Rests in a Sequence are treated as steps:

The second ADVANCED parameter, Repeat, is only available in Arp mode. Repeat sets a number by which each step in the arpeggiator sequence is repeated.

For example:

The third ADVANCED parameter, Offset, is only available in Arp mode. Offset sets a number by which the steps in the arpeggiator sequence are shifted in the cycle.

For example:

The fourth ADVANCED parameter, Inversion, is only available in Arp mode. Inversion adds inverted alternations of the arpeggiator sequence to the cycle.

For example:

The first RANGE parameter, Min. Key, is only available in Arp mode. Min. Key sets the lowest key that can be used as an input for the arpeggiator sequence.

The second RANGE parameter, Max. Key, is only available in Arp mode. Max. Key sets the highest key that can be used as an input for the arpeggiator sequence.