17 Jan
2003
17 Jan
'03
4:17 p.m.
Does
continuous control mean continuous sound?
No, because one of the controls is often gate or amplitude. (Analogue) monosynths do not have init latched values.
I guess if you're
trying to mimic a digital monosynth you might want a VOICE, but I can't
see how it would be anything but confusing when youre trying to implement
a monosynth model.
Isn't the easiest thing just to make the
instrument declare wether its
polyphonic or not, if it is (NB it can have a polyphony of one) it will
receive VVIDs, if not, it wont.
So I *think* the confusion I have been having is that when you say
mono-synth, I think TB303, or Juno. A synth that has poly=1.
I guess it is reasonable (and nice) to not have to deal with VOICE_ON/OFF
for things like a modular synth module (essentially an oscillator).
This revelation came when I started trying to think up things that didn't
need VOICE and the one that came to mind (this was my revelation) was a
theremin. VOICE makes absolutely no sense for this. It is always on and
ready to go, just waiting for some control (hand-distance or something).
So I've come around somewhat on this. However, what I don't see is how
these things can be polyphonic, with the exception of multiple channels
(which are essentially different instances with some shared stuff).
So am I finally "Getting It?".