Voice overflow slot interconnection

Tim Kleinert

I'd like to have a function represented by a module or a mode in the system menu, by which voice overflow (=more voices being used than are provided by a slot) does not cause voice stealing within the slot. Instead, the superfluous notes are sent to another slot via interslot midi.

This would enable the creation of more complex polyphonic patches while still retaining a comprehensive amount of polyphony.

One idea would be, as said, to have a "voice overflow" module. However, I'm not sure if or how modules can influence the voice allocation routines, so maybe it isn't possible this way. Anyway, not only note-ons, but all subsequent note-offs and CCs of any kind would have to be sent to the destination slot too, so this might not be a workable solution.

Another way would be to be able to group slots together in the system menu. They would run the same patch and react to all CCs identically, only the voice allocation routine would span across and adress all of them simultaneously.

Would be nice to have 64 voice physical models. Wink

mosc · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:25 am Post subject:

I think it's a good idea. One way might be to declare a slot to be a slave of another slot. Somehow when you select a slave, it just displays the master knob addignments and all that. You can't edit a slave.

Of could have just one patch and 3 slaves you'd have home hellofa massive synth. Great for keyboard players.

PS. I added the poll to your post, Tim. Always the editor dontcha know...

Rob

mosc · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

Hmmmm..... I was missing something. If you are playing a polyphonic patch in only one slot with no other slots active, then that's the most polyphony you are ever going to get, is that right?

Tim Kleinert · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:48 am Post subject:

Well, it's like this:

The maximum amount of voices per slot is 32 voices. So actually the G2 is able to output 128 voices in total.

I just wondered if there is a way to spill out superfluous note data of one slot into another (instead of voice stealing), in order to have maximum polyphony at disposal when playing one slot.

Of course this only makes sense with simple patches which are able to produce more than a total of 32 voices in the first case. (I have a bunch of cheapo pads and e-pianos that fall into this category.)

Rob · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:12 am Post subject:

Tim Kleinert · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject:

Yes, that's what I meant.

Sorry for being unclear about it scratch

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