One work around is to use the VCA Env mod sequencer in a mod slot to mute the steps where you want a rest. It's just one step more but gives you the same result.
But having ratchets and variable duration per step would be cool.
Hello my friend,
Thank you very much for your kind participation in this topic.
I was already thinking about the alternative you suggested. And in the meantime I will also consider it.
But if you think about my suggestion very carefully, you will see, that it is not giving you the same result.
For example: if you play a three notes chord C-E-G
The arp is crating a repeating patterns of that.
If one of the notes is now silent by the VCA modulation from the sequencer, this note is missing in the pattern.
You will not hear it and that that will destroy the arp-melody.
And that's why this is not the way I mean it.
I want to hear all the notes that I play on the keyboard, with the ryrhmical pattern imprinted, that I have created, including rests, ties and ratchets.
Think of it as the same as the sequencer is already doing, but taking the pitch information from the played notes on the keyboard.
You may find such rythmical patterns for the ARP in the Access Virus TI and the Novation Summit/Peak.
For the Pro-3 it should be easy to achieve with minor code changes.
The Trigger mode for the sequencer is already there. Currently it ignores the note information. With a small change and one checkbox in the arp settings it could take the note informations from sequencer, but not their pitch, only their note-on and note-off information. Sequencer should not retrigger the sequence, if you press new keys on the keyboard.
That would make this Arpeggiator insane!