does anyone know of a vst appregiator plugin other than apache 5 that i can use in cubase......its to use in cubase sx2 any help much apreciated....michael

Just set the notes down yourself. YOu have more control over notes and you have space for more Vst's, well more CPU

Yeah, I hate pre programmed arps, they are crap imo. Just get a nice sounding synth and make your own!

right, but midi-arpeggiators can make a good job too in my oppinion. you put the rythm of your arp with the base notes of your harmonies into your midi track. then you run it through a midi arp with a certain pattern you may define. you record the whole thing into another midi-track and then you start deleting notes and adding other notes around your harmonies.

I find it very difficult to write an arp from scratch in a pianoroll-style editor. I either do it on a traditional sheet of scoringpaper (the technical way) or i use tools like the above. Do you all have the arp in your head and just write it down? or do you take some bars, put it in a playback loop and start throwing in notes?

Another method I sometimes use is step-recording. You predefine a certain rythmic pattern and then you insert the notes from you midi-keyboard just in sequence. later you can use a rythmic quantize on it

Step recording is a pain. And if you can write an arpeggio on paper, you sure as hell should be able to put it in a sequencer...

What's hard about it?

I come up with a pattern I like, either by playing it or just programming it, then apply it to my chord progression by copying and sliding.

I would have assumed that's how most people do it.

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There are a few decent freeware ones out there I've used. I think one is EnegyXT. Seems like I had latency issues though and never used it much. Go to KVR's website and search under VST arpegiators. If you upgrade to SX 3 you will get the ArpacheSX which is sweet.

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Originally posted by djglacial What's hard about it?

I don't know I assume thats how my brain works. I am really not so compatible to editing midi in a creative way with a mouse in the piano roll.