MOTM

Of course this is the beauty of the Oberhiem 4 voice IMHO too.
All the best
Jim

jhaible@... wrote:
> 
> > has to have at least one vco, vcf, env and vca *per
> > voice* .
> [...]
> > just be sure to dial your voices up the same way  - like
> > setting up an oberheim 2/4 voice.
> 
> Polyphonic playing on a big modular can be a very special
> experience. At first one might think that many identical modules
> are needed, like four M-440 filters for a 4-voice modular,
> or 8 ENV generators ...
> But in practice, you can get good (and often more interesting)
> results with a mixed bag of modules. Using 4-pole filter for
> one voice and 2-pole filter for the next, or using a VCLAG to
> fill in for missing ADSR modules, is not just a surrogate
> for N equal voices, but it can give polyphonic playing a new
> quality.
> For a start, it's good to *attempt* to set up a similar sound
> for each voice. This will not be possible with different filters,
> but you can set them as close as possible (like, using a slightly
> lower cutoff point on the 2-pole VCF to make up for the less
> steep slope). Of course playing with N totally different voices
> has is benefits as well, but playing with *slightly* different
> voices has a charm of its own. I don't know why, but starting with
> different filters and trying to get close is more satisfactory
> than using identical filters and setting slightly different
> parameters. (;->)
> 
> JH.
> 
> 
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