In general, I often like to have a pretty fast arpeggio. Let’s disable the chords setting there (setting it to “none”). That’s probably why it doesn’t sound good there. In the video I already drew chords on the Piano Roll. The CHORDS settings will give a certain chord (stack of multiple notes playing together) to your arp.

Now, you can also use the CHORDS settings.

Long story short: just play around with these functions until it sounds cool. But it also depends on the arpeggiator direction setting (on top of the section). So for example, if you set REPEAT to 2 and RANGE to 2, the first two notes will play at the lower octave and the second 2 notes will play at the higher octave. The REPEAT setting determines the pattern the arpeggio plays based on the RANGE setting. The slide setting requires a continuous sound. The GATE knob will determine the amount of slide. With the SLIDE knob you can make the notes glide towards each other (like portamento). So, depending on the arp’s direction (on top of the section), the notes will move up or down to a maximum of 3 (in this case) octaves. For example, a range of 3 means 3 octaves. The RANGE setting determines the number of octaves you want to have in your arpeggio (octaves are part of music theory which you can learn entirely in The Ultimate Melody Guide). The “Slide mode” only works when the RANGE or CHORDS setting has a value.

With the GATE knob you can determine the length of the notes.

With the TIME knob you can determine the speed of the notes.

In the video I will play with all of its settings, so you can take a listen to how it changes the sound. To enable the arpeggiator, you have to choose one of the “direction” options (modes) at the top. How to enable the arpeggiator in FL Studio An arpeggiator can give fast (or slow) rhythms to your sound, using different patterns and notes. In this tab you can find a section called “Arpeggiator”.

To access the arpeggiator in FL Studio, click the “Miscellaneous functions” tab of your sound. How to access the arpeggiator in FL Studio You can even make chords like I did in the video. These notes will be chopped up later by the arpeggiator. With that sound, it’s a good idea to draw long notes on the Piano Roll. A lead type of sound would be good, like the 3x Osc supersaw sound in the video. To make an arp (which stands for arpeggio or arpeggiator), you first need to have a sound. In the previous lesson you can learn all about the essential basics of synthesis to help you kickstart your sound design process. Do you want to find out how to make an arpeggio in FL Studio very quickly and easily? You do? Great! I’ll show you how in this lesson…īut before we start, it’s a good idea to visit the previous lesson if you’re still a beginner.

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