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Arp
Short for Arpeggiator, an Impulse feature. Arp mode lets you set up rhythmic patterns of notes
using the drum pads, and modify them in real time (great for live performance!), changing the
pattern length, the pattern itself and the way certain notes are accented.
Clip launch
This is a term specic to Ableton Live including the Lite version supplied with Impulse. Within
Ableton Live Lite, a Clip is essentially a sound le (of any duration) which can be assigned
to any DAW Track. Provision has been made for launching Clips directly from drum pads on
Impulse.
DAW
Digital Audio Workstation. An alternative term for your music creation/recording/editing
software.
Plug-in
A Plug-in is a software add-on which gives a DAW additional functionality and is typically used
to either generate or process sounds. Many are emulations of hardware devices. A plug-in may
be ‘native’ – supplied as part of the DAW application, or ‘third-party’ – purchased by the user
separately to work within the DAW.
Roll
A variant of Arp mode, Roll is another mode suited for live performance, and lets you repeatedly
trigger specic sounds from the drum pads, with velocity sensitivity.
Template
A Template denes how your Impulse will operate. When you load a template, all Impulse’s
own settings and parameters will be set to whatever the template dictates. If you subsequently
change settings, you can resave the amended set of data to the template, and your
amendments will be restored next time you load the template. Impulse is supplied with 20
‘factory’ templates which congure it for use with particular DAWs and/or Things.
Thing
A Thing is anything that can be controlled by Impulse. A Thing may be hardware or software.
Examples of Things are the plug-ins you use in your DAW, your DAW’s track mixer and
external, MIDI-controllable synths or FX processors.
Zone
It is possible to split Impulse’s keyboard to create four keyboard ‘zones’. You have full control
over where the split points are. This is a useful feature in live performance, as it allows you to
use different parts of the keyboard to wwcontrol different instruments, or layer one sound on top
of another.
