Arpado

Arpado can be best described as a music composition app. It can be used along with MIDI controllers or even software instruments in order to adjust various parameters and add melodic or harmonic variations to your compositions. The program can be used to control one or more instruments.

To start using the app, you must first configure the tempo settings. You can set Master to ON and select the desired BPM, thus allowing the program to have control over the tempo of your composition. If you’d rather adjust the BPM directly from your MIDI controller, then simply set Master to OFF.

Next, you can add various companions to your composition, which will add variations to the melodies you create. Start by selecting your input and output devices or programs. Then you can select a Time Signature to change the structure of your measures, add a Melodic Direction to alter the order of the notes you’re playing, or add some filtering to your notes through a Conditional Barrier.

You can then access the Step Settings and customize each step of your music. Here you can select between many scales, choose the number of octaves that will be played, and add gates to your notes. Finally, you can use the program’s sequencer in order to add progressions to your melodies.