Doepfer

What about a manual cv source multed to all the parameters you want to
change?

Regards,
Robbert

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, zaum <zaum@optonline.net> wrote:

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>
> >i've got a complete four voice architecture waiting for a
> polyphonic interface :(
>
> To me at least, just adding polyphonic MIDI to CV interface is not
> enough of an answer because you get such (imho) basic polyphony. It
> gives you a basic polysynth out of your well equipped modular. While
> perhaps what you do get can be quite usable at times, it really has a
> lot more disadvantages in terms of lack expression, speed, high price
> and sometimes even timbre. Some of the other alternative polyphonic
> options like a decent polysynth, or sampling your modular, or a
> virtual modular do seem to have a lot of major advantages, not just
> minor ones
>
> Compared to working with a mono modular it is very limiting imho
> unless you have something very rare and customized going on. You
> might have something like an aux voltage for velocity but that just
> means there is a single parameter that is sent with the CV. Tasks
> like changing the envelope or resonance means you have to go over to
> each voice and change it for each voice, usually impossible in real
> time though I guess basically possible with a lot of aux channels.
>
> It's fair enough to say some people like a polyphonic sound where the
> voices don't match. Just want to get that out, though some
> multitimbral polyphonic synths have that, (sometimes not even
> intentionally ;-)
>
> But looking at a polyphonic modular where you can't quickly and
> uniformly change the timbre realtime reminds me that multi-sampling a
> modular patch not only may get you practically the same playable
> result but it leaves you far more modules to work with per voice (=
> a more complex voice) since you don't need duplicates and then the
> sampler gives you far more voices of polyphony. I'd say the only
> thing you aren't getting with sampling is any randomization you might
> be patching in somehow. If you could add all that extra expressive
> and timbre changing playability you have with a mono modular sound
> and make it poly then you'd have a clear advantage with hardware
> modules. But it's not so clear an advantage if your poly modular just
> has a very basic sound and no good way to change the timbre in realtime
>
> nick
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