Clicking and Popping- Intermittent

[MPM]

SLEW please.

Normally I don’t get so bothered by the clicking, but I just spent 6 hours with the P6, OB-6 and Rev2(in split), and had the clicks on all of them. Most of this marathon has been an attempt to (unsuccessfully) iron out the clicking. I hate to say it, but later on I’m going to steal my partner’s Nord Lead 4 and get some work done properly.

Is a SLEW update impossible for some reason?

[MPM]

This is an issue with note stealing and the velocity modifier.

If anyone has a P6 module DAISYCHAINED to their P6, can you test this behaviour, with and without the module, to hear if there is no clicking when playing chords of more than three notes.

[BKTimes2]

This is an issue with note stealing and the velocity modifier. If you program a mellow patch with a soft attack, some release and velocity sensitivity on the amp envelope, then play a 4 note chord repeatedly briskly, you will get all kinds of clicks!

This is because the velocity sensitivity modifier is not programmed to accommodate note stealing elegantly. A three note chord played repeatedly sounds fine. A four note chord will steal one of the four notes. When the synth interprets the new velocity of the stolen note, it jumps immediately to the new amplitude modifier, causing a discontinuity and a click.

Yeah, I'm at the point where when I want to use that type of mellow/softer patch for a track, I just don't even bother with the P6 (I fall back on my trusty Matrix 1000, which has no clicking whatsoever). It's honestly a shame, as I love the sound of the P6 in some of those mellow patches (some gorgeous e-pianos!). It's one thing to put up with that clicking while playing for myself, but I can't have it showing up in a recording.

[johnruss]

I have this exact same issue. Can this be fixed with an update? I am unable to allow velocity to affect the amp envelope without enough crackling and popping to ruin a recording. Voice stealing should be way smoother than this.

The following quoted post is spot-on.

here's some notes on the envelope behavior as well as audio examples of the clicking and popping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAXkpz82Y1E

[ouchiehour]

Just discovered that there are 6 keymodes including retrigger modes. So the notes on the retrigger behavior in the second half of the video I posted are wrong.

However, the clicks on stolen notes with velocity sensitivity are still present in any retrigger mode.

Is this addressed in the MPE OS update?

[saxomohawh]

Is this "clicking/popping" phenomenon the same on P5 rev 4 also? I have neither P6 nor P5, but would be interesting to know.

[LoboLives]

Is this "clicking/popping" phenomenon the same on P5 rev 4 also? I have neither P6 nor P5, but would be interesting to know.

I haven't heard anyone complain about this issue with the REV4.

At the end of the day I don't think it's possible to resolve this. Why? I have no idea. I just learned to live it it and take it in as part of the character of the P6/OB6. I just increase the Attack of the AMP until it subsides. I also found adding a bit of the Hi pass filter helps take away some of it as well in the Low pass filter clicks.

[trellised]

Sooo is there any workaround for this? Incredibly annoying. Having the velocity affect the amp env amount is pretty useless if there are clicks and pops every time