Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Gert van Santen" 
<g.vansanten@c...> wrote:
 
> So could you explain the polyphony thing in short, please. 
> Can I play, say, 3-note chords on track 1, another track 
> of 2 note-chords on 2, and still have 4 mono channels left. 
> Or does this work with external synths only? Or
> not at all?

Yes, you can play n-note chords on any track, and vary the number of 
notes, "n" within the track.  I don't know what the max number of 
notes per chord is, but I'm pretty sure it is more than 6 (too lazy 
to check right now).  You cannot however hold a chord down and change 
one of its notes mid-way.  This is annoying on many levels, 
especially when you're playing with an arpeggiating chord.

Also, the keyboard is last-note priority instead of high or low 
note.  Maybe they'll add a switch in the global menu for this 
someday, but last time I asked, the guys at elektron didn't know what 
I was talking about.  Do a search of the SOS archive if you're 
interested in this - I think Gordon Reid wrote a Synth Secrets 
article about it.

-gerald