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Originally posted by tehlord What sound like arps in my stuff are almost always programmed and delayed notes. Just because I like to pick the notes I use and change it round a bit. Arps sound very arpy sometimes ( ) In fact I think i've used an arpeggiator twice in the last year for a single synth layer in each case. Although they can be useful for generating ideas. This (an obvious arpeggiator) http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9741243 Turned into this (still unfinished) http://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey/t...e-army-wip-mk-2 I doubt I would have heard the inspiration for the track had I not been messing around with chords in an arp preset.

Did what the track turned into have an arp in it? No matter yes or no, this track is awesome man. good work.

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Originally posted by sicc Did what the track turned into have an arp in it? No matter yes or no, this track is awesome man. good work.

Yes, although it's more of a percussive element and mellow melodic layer.

The point is that in this case the arpeggio both inspired, and was included in the track.

Glad you like it thogh

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I like both arps and plucky type sounds, they are bright and can add a lot of dynamics to a track w/out taking away that much headroom.

In Nexus realize theres more than 1 way to turn off an arp/sequence. First is to turn off the arpegiator or gate, and the second is the "feature matrix" under MFX. Just click on all the numbers to turn the sequence off.
And some sounds are trailed with other long decay sounds that don't sound right so if you shorten the release it will sound more like a isolated pluck or arp. Other sounds are just a mess and I don't use them.
But the reality is even if you spend countless hours making an "original" arp, you can likely find at least 1 or 2 sounds in nexus that sound close to it. It just has sooooo many sounds (takes up 16gigs alone on my HD) so I have no problem with using them. I do at least try to modulate them on my own terms or will layer other sounds over them all together so it sounds totally different and often times not so nexus like.

edit: tehlord thats a pretty cool song but that break is wayyyy too long.

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox edit: tehlord thats a pretty cool song but that break is wayyyy too long.

It ain't finished

Like everything else I do

I even bought the Total India sample pack to go all Vinda Jaya and never got round to it

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