silly question on Paraphonic (polyD / mono-poly)

[hazerkeys]

hello all you smart people !! .. I have a strange question when it comes to paraphonic (specifically the recent Behringer PolyD and Mono/Poly boards) ... i understand the fact of one filter, etc and the triggering limitations there in ... but here is my question .... if it is a case of "4 voice" paraphonic .. which maps to the (in the case of a polyD) the 4 oscillators .. does that mean if I play a 4 note chord .. and the osc's are set to (for example) saw, triangle, square, "whatever" etc ..does that mean the notes of the "chord" would individually be .. saw, triangle, square, "watever" ?? ... i.e., an individual note of the chord would reflect an individual oscillator - thanks for any advice !!

[ChazKeys]

Yes the oscillators are completely independent but they pass through a single filter and then a single amplifier. And the oscillator tunings are totally independent too. Paraphony, although limited in some ways, is really interesting!

[hazerkeys]

Yes the oscillators are completely independent but they pass through a single filter and then a single amplifier. And the oscillator tunings are totally independent too. Paraphony, although limited in some ways, is really interesting!

 

so .. as per my question, just one oscillator per note in a chord then ..... so each note in the "chord" (4 notes for instance) could be wildly different depending on the setting of its individual osc ?

[ChazKeys]

Yes, different waveforms and completely different pitches. That is something you cant do on a typical polysynth with the exception of something like an Oberheim 4/8 voice! So you could produce interesting 'chords' by tuning some of the oscillators to different intervals like 5ths.

[Dr Mike Metlay]

Not a strange question at all. The original Mono/Poly worked like this, and I think that Sequential's early multitimbral synths (the Six-Trak and MAX) could be set up to do this with completely different patches on each voice. It's a fun way to work.

 

In a more modern format, the Arturia MatrixBrute lets you do this as well. Since different oscillators can be routed to the two different filters, it gets very cool.

[hazerkeys]

Not a strange question at all. The original Mono/Poly worked like this, and I think that Sequential's early multitimbral synths (the Six-Trak and MAX) could be set up to do this with completely different patches on each voice. It's a fun way to work.

 

In a more modern format, the Arturia MatrixBrute lets you do this as well. Since different oscillators can be routed to the two different filters, it gets very cool.

 

thanks so much - guess I am just used to my good old true-poly type synth where each note of a chord was the same ... suppose I could do that with "para" as long as each OCS was the same ..... thanks again !!!

[Dr Mike Metlay]

Not a strange question at all. The original Mono/Poly worked like this, and I think that Sequential's early multitimbral synths (the Six-Trak and MAX) could be set up to do this with completely different patches on each voice. It's a fun way to work.

 

In a more modern format, the Arturia MatrixBrute lets you do this as well. Since different oscillators can be routed to the two different filters, it gets very cool.

 

thanks so much - guess I am just used to my good old true-poly type synth where each note of a chord was the same ... suppose I could do that with "para" as long as each OCS was the same ..... thanks again !!!

Actually, part of the beauty of a full-analog paraphonic synth with individually controlled oscillators is that you can't adjust each oscillator to be perfectly identical, which leads to subtle variations from note to note that contribute a lot of the charm of the sound.

 

Glad to help and looking forward to reading about your exploits!