Korg SQ-64 Tutorial: Exploring Eurorack Polyphony with the ARP Function

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Korg SQ-64 Tutorial: Exploring Eurorack Polyphony with the ARP Function

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While exploring what the Korg SQ-64 can offer to synth heads who indulge in the Eurorack modular side of synthesis, Mike stumbled on an exciting use for the unusual Arp function that's perfect for use alongside faux-polyphonic modules like the 2hp Modular Pluck and Bell (as featured in this video), Mutable Instruments Rings, Qu-Bit Surface and likely some others.
The ARP divides a single step in the sequence into how ever many notes you assign to that step, and 'strums' through them, meaning that with the SQ-64, modular synthesists can now strum chords without the bother of having to work out complex ratcheting and sequencing patches -- an incredibly useful feature!
Even without the polyphonic modules, this unusual per-step ARP function allows for dynamic trills and polyrhythms. Perhaps ARP isn't the best name for this function since it brings to mind classic 16th note up/down patterns, but regardless, it's super cool!
More info here:
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If you'd like to know more about the sequencer workflow, check out our other video on the SQ-64 • Tutorial: Korg SQ-64 S...
In use in the Eurorack system is:
2hp Pluck
2hp Bell
After Later Monsoon (MI Clouds re-imagined)
Worng Electronics Parallax Stereo Lowpass Filter
4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator
Ornament and Crime (not used)
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@davidpinto1195 3 жыл бұрын

one of the most underlooked seqs of all times

@GerenM63 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Strum is exactly what the ARP is, like the strum on an Arturia Keystep ... sorta ... Between that, and my realization last night that this is, at it's heart, an old-school step sequencer on steroids, that makes it all make sense. An old-school step sequencer wouldn't have an actual arpeggiator -- you'd build the arpeggiation yourself and it /is/ the arpeggiator. Had to get back into my old Moog modular mindset that I hadn't really thought about since about 1982! Definite "ah ha" moment. Cheers!

@frankenjstein4186 2 жыл бұрын

This piece of gear is a complete mystery to me. I just stare at it while it empties my soul.

@FreeThink1984 Жыл бұрын

Fkn based lol

@phatplates 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@normdurkin6425 6 ай бұрын

..hilarious.. brother I have it nearly master .. been on a serious mission to learn everything.. if you still have questions I am sure we can get answers..

@TheScreamingFrog916 Жыл бұрын

Change the name from ARP to Strum, and It makes much more sense. Just got one of these on sale, and having fun, learning the ins and outs, of how it works. Lots of features, that require reading the manual, and watching KZfaq, to get familiar with. Thanks for sharing, and best wishes for your continued success.

@binofski_music6037 3 жыл бұрын

This. Is.Absolutely gorgeous.

@kostaStratigos 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic patch! This is killer. Thanks for posting.

@michaelkonomos Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful, and a great tutorial. Thank you!

@klong1394 Жыл бұрын

Lovely patch, and also great demo of the SQ64 capabilities. Seems like this sequencer is somewhat unappreciated. I am looking to add one to my setup, to me it seems more feature rich and a more elegant form factor than the beatstep.

@vjmckein 3 жыл бұрын

I just got my sq 64 very happy with it

@Noisegate 3 жыл бұрын

So are we...

@niloben659 2 жыл бұрын

@@Noisegate Better than beatstep pro?

@FreeThink1984 Жыл бұрын

@@niloben659 Arturia is trash so yeah korg rules

@vertigev Жыл бұрын

Sounds really good!

@ZozillaThaGreat 2 жыл бұрын

Exellent video !! May i ask if the ARP function is a per step option or global for the track sequence ? Do we have it on the Drum track per drum track sequence ? Thks

@romanyel 11 ай бұрын

I thought the function of the arp was really a strum right off. And as artists we shouldnt let words or lables hold us back from using tools even in ways that are unintended.

@FreeThink1984 Жыл бұрын

Heckin based as heck!

@MisterGrooves 3 жыл бұрын

can you tie the strummed step so it is longer? does it alter the arp step lengths? sorry if you did it and i missed it.

@happylittlesynth 3 жыл бұрын

Curious about this also

@GerenM63 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't have a gate trigger or note CV on the following step, and the release time on the ADSR is long enough, it should ring out. But, from what I've seen in other videos, the entire strum will occur within the step -- in other words, the strum won't cross the step boundary.

@videolabcreators Жыл бұрын

you have to lower the tempo or divisions

@knifedreamer 3 жыл бұрын

Is there no regular arp mode like on the Volca FM? Like if I hold a key down it just repeats the note?

@SHLDMusic 3 жыл бұрын

No... The Arp is a Strum in fact...

@knifedreamer 3 жыл бұрын

@@SHLDMusic damn that sucks......

@GerenM63 3 жыл бұрын

@@knifedreamer I was struggling with this, too, until the word "strum" was mentioned, and then the lightbulb over my head lit up. Of course there's not an arpeggiator --- the whole thing is really three arpeggiators and a drum sequencer. The difference between this and a "modern" arpeggiator is that we as users have to build the arpeggios ourselves -- just like we would with a modular setup back in the early days (think modular synths of the 1960s - 1980s). The neat thing here is that we can build the arpeggios with any note sequence we want, and each note can have whatever duration we want, and then add to that the ability to "strum" up to 8 notes at any step in the arpeggio, and the possibilities become pretty interesting. And, by entering notes on steps that don't have gates, you can introduce bends or ties or trills on a note in the arp. So, the lack of an actual arpeggiator in the way we usually think of them isn't really bad thing. Korg just chose the wrong word to describe the thing.

@walrtbstudios5430 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve actually worked out how to use the so-called keyboard function on the SQ-64? I’ve had mine nine months and have never managed it. That aside, there’s some useful tips here, which I can lightly adjust for use with the Mosaic Pluck and Plaits (perhaps a third voice?). Thank you!