NORD MODULAR G2 V1.1
5. Basic functions: Voices, mono- and polyphonic Patches
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stant module to the first pitch-mod input, you will reach a point, when playing on the keyboard, where
the pitch of the oscillator will be fixed. Any additional, positive modulation will have no effect, which
could lead to interesting effects. For example, an LFO would be able to modulate the pitch of the oscil-
lator downwards, but not upwards.
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A Patch can be set to a polyphony between 1 (Legato and Mono) and 2-32 voices, as long as there is
enough Sound engine power (Patch Load) available. It is not necessary to manually duplicate all the mod-
ules and settings for each voice to create a polyphonic Patch, as it would in a traditional modular system.
All you have to do is change the requested polyphony in the top of the Patch window in the Editor or in
the Patch Settings “menu” in the synthesizer. To be able to make a Patch polyphonic, you have to create
the Patch, or the part of the Patch, you want to be polyphonic, in the Voice Area of the Patch window
(see
below).
The actual polyphony of a Patch is displayed in the Voice
Mode display box. The requested number of voices is dis-
played within parenthesis. Should your request for polyphony
exceed the actual capacity of the Sound engine, the system as-
signs the highest possible amount of voices to the Patch in-
stead.
All Patches must have a requested number of voices assigned
to them (minimum 1 voice - Legato or Mono). The dynamic
allocation method used by other multitimbral hardware syn-
thesizers is not applicable with Nord Modular G2.
You can easily adjust the polyphony for a Patch in the synth
by selecting a
S
LOT
, pressing the
P
ATCH
S
ETTINGS
button
and turn the
K
NOB
below the Voice Mode
D
ISPLAY
. This can
be useful if you have a couple of Patches loaded in several
S
LOTS
and wish to quickly redistribute the polyphony among
the Patches.
The Nord Modular G2 note recognition system operates according to the “last note” principle. If you
run out of polyphony and continue to play notes, the synthesizer will always add the last note played and
remove the first note, with one exception: it will try to keep the lowest note sounding.
Set the requested number of voices by
clicking the arrow buttons. The requested
number of voices is shown within paren-
thesis and the actual number of voices is
shown to the left in the display box.
See the actual and requested number of
voices allocated to the Patch in the dis-
play.
120 BPM
04 (04)
RUN
Poly
Synth
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