I've gotten several emails lately from members asking about the arpeggiators on them, and how they differ in the way they are handled on arranger keyboards. I'm going to address it here so that if others are curious they can read this post.

There are some similiarities in the area of "arpeggiation" found on a synth, that is also "partly" common with arranger keyboards.

Take for example the acoustic guitar strumming that you'd find in the preset styles on a PSR-3000 or Tyros2 . You'll notice some realistic nuances such as pick noise, and string slides, and a few other things.

Well this feature on an arranger is essentially an "arpeggiated riff"-- programmed much in the same way as done for the synth/workstations.

Let's take the Yamaha MotifES, and MO series for example. On these synths you'll find preset arps for acoustic guitars that behave much in the same way as the preset riffs on the PSR's and Tyros, but these riffs (on a synth) can be triggered in real-time using the keys.

On the arranger those arpeggiated patterns don't have the flexability as you'd find on a full blown synth (or even budget synths for that matter)

On the synth you'll find these realistic acoustic guitar strums under the "apreggiator" feature. The synth lets you go further though. It allows you to literally go into the arpeggiator and tweek the livi'n sh#t out of it With the synth you'll have control over the arpeggiated phrase and the ability to customize it, or create one completey from scratch.

Maybe in the future Yamaha and other's will start placing these type of phrases found within the styles under a dedictaed apreggiator section, and allow the user to tweek them.

I hope this helps those who have emailed me directly, and others who may also be curious about it.

Regards,
Squeak