Polyphony through "Round Robin" devices – problem with single notes

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Jickx
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Polyphony through "Round Robin" devices – problem with single notes

Post by Jickx » Mon Jan 13, 2025 1:44 pm

Hey!
I'm setting up a hardware MPE synth voice using Ableton Live, a M4L Device called "A.Behr Voice Splitter" that basically works like most others, using the "Round Robin method", transfering new pitch information to the next available voice. The 3 MIDI voices are then brought into my modular synth via Polyend Poly 2 that splits them into the 3 oscillators/voices of an Acid Rain Chainsaw. Everything works like a charm, but only for chords. When I play a single note after a chord the new pitch information reaches only one of the three oscillators, resulting in only one note of the chord being replaced. That makes sense since only one note is received which then gets allocated to the next available synth voice. But is there any way/workaround to force the three oscillators into unison or at least stack them as octaves if only one note ist played or share two notes between three oscillators if only two are played. Any ideas? Thanks!

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Re: Polyphony through "Round Robin" devices – problem with single notes

Post by siliconarc » Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:03 am

Deactivating the 3x Voice Splitter devices will let all voices play with one note, so you could just map the 3 devices' activator toggles to a single qwerty key or midi note..

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Re: Polyphony through "Round Robin" devices – problem with single notes

Post by Jickx » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:14 pm

siliconarc wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:03 am
Deactivating the 3x Voice Splitter devices will let all voices play with one note, so you could just map the 3 devices' activator toggles to a single qwerty key or midi note..
That's a good idea, thanks! :)

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