Threeleggedyoyo Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hi everyone, I'm trying to figure out if the XW-G1 can do polyphonic arpeggios. It's a little hard to describe what I mean in text. Please bear with me while I try to explain... I've been using an SL-20 slicer with my keyboard. It takes a note and breaks it into smaller ones. For example, it might turn a whole note held on the keyboard into a series of 8th notes. Some patterns also feature transposition. So a single held note (say a C) would become a sequence of C1, C2, C1, C2, etc. The really cool thing about it is that it's also polyphonic. So if I held down say C and E at the same time, I could get C1/E1, C2/E2, C1/E1, C2/E2, etc. The C and E notes would play at the same time. So I'm looking for something just like that, except programmable. Is there any way to do that on the XW-G1? The manual says mentions the "Note" arpeggio type. It says the following: "Shifts the notes produced by shifting the semitones in steps." Does that mean that you can hold multiple notes and have it play a transposed pattern of all of them symultaneously (as in, you'll hear the full chord at once with it changing all the notes for each step), or does this only do one pressed note at a time? Also, can you program that pattern? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 With the arpeggio pattern you want to edit displayed on screen, press edit...step edit. To change a step to polyphonic, set "type" to P2, P3, etc. P is for poly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 There are also some preset poly arps if you want to try them out.. (p5-2 to p5-9( also p-9-0 ro p0-2) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeleggedyoyo Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Awesome! Thanks guys. I don't own a XW-G1 but now I'm really interested. I've been searching for a while, but I've found precious few synths that can do this feature so now I need to get my hands on one to try out. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Oh the G1 is great. Well the P1 is great too, but I like the sampling, the looper and the real-time controls of the solo synth you don't get with the P1. Easily the most under-rated pair of synths out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XW-Addict Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 The XW indeed are under-rated there so much depth when sounds are combined and controls are programmed I would recommend keyboard players who buy a synth really to get deep into the parts. I need a second XW, Lucky for me there is still one shop that sells them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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