FL Studio Mobile

Arpeggiator (Note Effect)

In music, an arpeggio is when the notes of a chord are played one after another instead of all at once. The Arpeggiator Note FX plugin takes this idea and applies it to your performance, turning incoming notes into rhythmic, repeating, and re-pitched patterns. It doesn’t create sound on its own - it reshapes the notes you play and passes the resulting pattern to the next plugin in the rack. It does not produce audio - instead, it processes the notes you play and passes the resulting arpeggiated sequence to the following plugins in the Rack.

To load presets tap the 'Default' (upper right) and choose from the Presets List.

Parameters

Global

• Arp 1 / Arp 2 – Enable or disable each Arpeggiator.
• Velocity 1 / Velocity 2 – Scales the output velocity for each Arpeggiator.
• Rate – Sets the global step timing (e.g. from 1/16th to whole note steps). Individual Arpeggiators follow this unless modified by the inividual Arpeggiator rate setting.
• Sync – Locks timing to the project grid. When off, timing runs freely and is set in ms.
• Swing – Offsets alternate (even numbered) steps to create a shuffled feel. Higher values increase the delay of off-beat notes. Think of the sound of marching (normal) vs skipping (swing).
• Latch – Keeps the Arpeggiator running after keys are released until a new note is played.
• Swing rate – Defines the note value used as the basis for swing (choose to affect 1/8th or 1/16th notes).

ARP 1 / ARP 2

Each Arpeggiator processes incoming notes independently. Both Arpeggiators share the Global Tab timing but can run different patterns, directions, and octave behaviours.

• Rate – Multiplies the global rate (from 0.125 to 8) so effectively a division or multiplication of the Global Rate.
• Start note – Selects the first note used from the played chord. Orig follows the played order.
• Gate – Sets note length as a percentage of the step duration.
• Arp – Defines the order in which notes are played, shaping the melodic motion of the arpeggio.
  • As Played – Plays the notes in the same order you performed them.
  • Chord – Plays all held notes together on each step.
  • Up – Plays the notes in ascending order (1-2-3).
  • Down – Plays the notes in descending order (3-2-1).
  • Up-Down – Plays upward, then reverses and plays downward (1-2-3-2).
  • Down-Up – Plays downward, then reverses and plays upward (3-2-1-2).
  • Outward – Starts from the middle of the range and moves toward the outer notes (2-3-1-4).
  • Inward – Starts from the outer notes and moves toward the middle (1-4-2-3).
  • Anchor – Repeats one selected note as a fixed pedal point. The 'Start note' chooses which note becomes the anchor.
  • Bass Up – Repeats the lowest note as a pedal point while playing the others in ascending order (1-2-1-3).
  • Bass Up-Down – Same as Bass Up, but moves upward then downward (1-2-1-3-1-2).
  • Treble Down – Repeats the highest note as a pedal point while playing the others in descending order (3-2-3-1).
  • Treble Down-Up – Same as Treble Down, but moves downward then upward (3-2-3-1-3-2).
  • Jump Up – Uses a wider rising pattern, skipping notes before filling the gaps (1-3-2-4).
  • Jump Down – Uses a wider falling pattern, skipping notes before filling the gaps (4-2-3-1).
  • Jump Up-Down – Uses the same wide-interval movement in both directions.
  • SuperSaw – Plays repeating four-note phrases with a bass anchor and shifting upper notes (1-2-2-3-1-2-3-4).
  • Cascade Up – Overlapping rising pattern where notes partially repeat as the line moves upward (1-2-3-2-3-4-3-4-5).
  • Cascade Down – Overlapping falling pattern where notes partially repeat as the line moves downward (5-4-3-4-3-2-3-2-1).
  • Cascade Up-Down – Combines the same overlapping movement in both directions.
  • Random – Chooses a random note on each step.
  • Random No Repeat – Chooses random notes while avoiding immediate repeats.
  • Random Once – Shuffles the notes once and keeps that order until the played notes change.
  • Random Walk – Moves randomly between nearby notes.
• Rhythm – Selects a rhythm preset. By default the Arp is a regular per-beat sync. When selected, choose the active steps and rests by adjusting the center dial. Filled steps are active notes, empty steps are silent. The slider below the Rhythm control rotates the pattern.
• Repeats – Number of pattern loops. inf repeats indefinitely while notes are held or latched.
• Retrig – Restarts the pattern from the start either when new notes are played or at the selected timing interval.
• Range – Number of octaves the arpeggio spans (1 oct, 2 oct, etc).
• Octave shift – Transposes the Arpeggiator output up or down in octaves.
• Presets – Load or save complete Arpeggiator configurations.

Plugin Credits

Code & UI Simon Hill.