Combine
Arp · Lesson 3 of 3 · AR3
The 3rd step of the arp track in PatchPond's subtractive synthesis curriculum. Capstone — ties rhythm to sound — and this lesson is where you meet load/combine a saved patch for the first time.
▸What you'll learn
A recipe versus a finished cake. The recipe travels; what each kitchen produces is its own thing.
Patches in PatchPond are portable: a saved patch is a structured description of every knob position — oscillators, envelopes, filter, modulation, effects, voice mode, arp settings — that any PatchPond engine can load. Bringing a previously built patch into a new lesson lets you keep your sound's identity while changing how it is played; loading a pluck patch into an arp lesson, for example, arpeggiates that pluck rather than a generic synth. Read more →
▸Built on
A music box that plays whichever notes you hold down for it.
An arpeggiator takes a held chord and turns it into a sequence of single notes — playing the chord one note at a time in a chosen direction, rate, and octave range. Full definition →
First taught in AR1 Make it move
Setting a metronome to clicks-per-bar instead of clicks-per-second.
Tempo sync locks a rate-based parameter — arp rate, LFO rate, delay time — to the song's tempo. Full definition →
First taught in AR2 Lock to time
A dimmer switch for treble, with a side knob that lets the dimmer ring like a struck wine glass.
A low-pass filter lets low frequencies through and gradually cuts everything above a chosen cutoff frequency. Full definition →
First taught in BS3 Open the filter
Build this lesson live in the PatchPond studio. Web MIDI in, on-screen keyboard otherwise. The patch you make here loads back into iOS later on — same patch format.
Open in studio →▸In this track
Previous ← AR2 Lock to time