Device Details
Overview
| Name | Version: | Arpa - Arpeggiator 1.0 |
| Author: | finlay |
| Device Type: | MIDI Effect |
| Description: | Arpa is an arpeggiator Ableton Live MIDI Effect that's made to play midi notes in an unquantized manner. What is Arpa? Arpa is build to act as a layer between your MIDI input - either a device or a clip - and your sound source - be it melodic synths, rythmic samples or both. It strictly modulates MIDI timing, not pitch nor velocity, to be as simple and effective as possible. Pair it with a chord generator, slap on some effects and layer it with more Arpas and melodies to create beautiful bleep bloop blop music. Why I created this? Why another plug-in? I really love arpeggios but I hate the robotic and quantized feel electronic arpeggiators have. I wanted to create a modular device that sparks new ideas, rythms and arpeggios in a simple way so that it can easily be used in a composition context or a live setting. This plug-in is the result of 2 years of exploration towards this goal of creating my ideal arpeggiator. Compatibility & Requirements Arpa is a Max for Live device and requires Ableton Live Suite (or standard with the Max for Live add-on) to use. It is not compatible with any other DAW. Designed with Ableton Live 12 (12.2.6) and Max 9 (9.0.6). Backwards compatibility not guaranteed. Arpa is fully compatible with Push 2 & 3 + standalone. The device parameters are fully mapped to the Push interface and all functionality can be controlled from the hardware without needing to interact with your computer. Keywords Arpeggiator, Human-like humanizer, Swing, Sequencer, Fluency, Ping-pong, Lego-like, MIDI, Rhythmic manipulation of drums or melodies, Euclidean-like patterns, Non-quantized, Live, Syncopated, Groove machine, Off-the-grid Thanks To Stijn Cools, Roel Das, Lucas Lebrun and Andreas Papagiannis for their guidance, testing and thorough feedback. Thanks to everyone else for their continued support ❤️ Changelog - 1.0 (Released 08/11/2025): - Initial public release |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 12.2.6 |
| Max Version Used: | 9.0.6 |
| Date Added: | Nov 08 2025 17:15:10 |
| Date Last Updated: | No Updates |
| Downloads: | 8 |
| Website: | https://finlaybe.gumroad.com/l/arpa |
| ⓘ License: | AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivatives |
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Files
| Device File: | Arpa_v1.amxd |
Comments
Advanced version available on Gumroad: https://finlaybe.gumroad.com/l/arpa
Posted on November 08 2025 by finlay |
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