Pro2 paraphonic mode different notes sound different individual oscillators...?

[emptyvessel]

So I just got a pro2... I知
Learning here.. so when I create a basic program patch ad go to paraphonic mode, with all 4 Osc going, after I. Strike and hold 2 or 3 notes, the next voices that come in are not a blend of the chosen oscillators but are the individual oscillators each one at a time, back and forth.. square, triangle, square back n forth...  is there some reason for this? Some setting to get them to play simultaneously/blended as they should be?   Pretty strange

[grunes]

So I just got a pro2... I知
Learning here.. so when I create a basic program patch ad go to paraphonic mode, with all 4 Osc going, after I. Strike and hold 2 or 3 notes, the next voices that come in are not a blend of the chosen oscillators but are the individual oscillators each one at a time, back and forth.. square, triangle, square back n forth...  is there some reason for this? Some setting to get them to play simultaneously/blended as they should be?   Pretty strange

Hi emptyvessel,

This is correct and how paraphonic mode works on the Pro2.

If you are coming at it from a another angle then it can be a bit confusing at first.

Put simply (hopefully), this is how it works;

Mono:
1 note played, and you can use up to 4 oscillators per note.

Paraphonic:
4 keys played, and you can only use 1 oscillator per note.



You cannot blend all 4 oscillators onto each of the 4 notes played in paraphonic mode as you only have 1 oscillator per note allocation.

If this was to work as you envisaged, the Pro2 would require 4 oscillators per note, which means you would need 16 oscillators onboard for this to work.

As an example, the Prophet 12 has 4 oscillators per voice (note) as with the Pro2, but in order to play multiple oscillators per voice (polyphonic mode) it actually has 48 oscillators onboard.

12 voices x 4 oscillators = 48 oscillators onboard.

[emptyvessel]

So I just got a pro2... I知
Learning here.. so when I create a basic program patch ad go to paraphonic mode, with all 4 Osc going, after I. Strike and hold 2 or 3 notes, the next voices that come in are not a blend of the chosen oscillators but are the individual oscillators each one at a time, back and forth.. square, triangle, square back n forth...  is there some reason for this? Some setting to get them to play simultaneously/blended as they should be?   Pretty strange

Hi emptyvessel,

This is correct and how paraphonic mode works on the Pro2.

If you are coming at it from a another angle then it can be a bit confusing at first.

Put simply (hopefully), this is how it works;

Mono:
1 note played, and you can use up to 4 oscillators per note.

Paraphonic:
4 keys played, and you can only use 1 oscillator per note.



You cannot blend all 4 oscillators onto each of the 4 notes played in paraphonic mode as you only have 1 oscillator per note allocation.

If this was to work as you envisaged, the Pro2 would require 4 oscillators per note, which means you would need 16 oscillators onboard for this to work.

As an example, the Prophet 12 has 4 oscillators per voice (note) as with the Pro2, but in order to play multiple oscillators per voice (polyphonic mode) it actually has 48 oscillators onboard.

12 voices x 4 oscillators = 48 oscillators onboard.

Ok I see. thanks for the reply.. so, I didnt even notice before but it even seems that if i strike one single note repeatedly in para mode, it cycles through the different oscillators... so strange Ive never noticed this happening when watching demos and such.  Interesting limitation. 

[Quatschmacher]

So I just got a pro2... I知
Learning here.. so when I create a basic program patch ad go to paraphonic mode, with all 4 Osc going, after I. Strike and hold 2 or 3 notes, the next voices that come in are not a blend of the chosen oscillators but are the individual oscillators each one at a time, back and forth.. square, triangle, square back n forth...  is there some reason for this? Some setting to get them to play simultaneously/blended as they should be?   Pretty strange

Hi emptyvessel,

This is correct and how paraphonic mode works on the Pro2.

If you are coming at it from a another angle then it can be a bit confusing at first.

Put simply (hopefully), this is how it works;

Mono:
1 note played, and you can use up to 4 oscillators per note.

Paraphonic:
4 keys played, and you can only use 1 oscillator per note.



You cannot blend all 4 oscillators onto each of the 4 notes played in paraphonic mode as you only have 1 oscillator per note allocation.

If this was to work as you envisaged, the Pro2 would require 4 oscillators per note, which means you would need 16 oscillators onboard for this to work.

As an example, the Prophet 12 has 4 oscillators per voice (note) as with the Pro2, but in order to play multiple oscillators per voice (polyphonic mode) it actually has 48 oscillators onboard.

12 voices x 4 oscillators = 48 oscillators onboard.

Ok I see. thanks for the reply.. so, I didnt even notice before but it even seems that if i strike one single note repeatedly in para mode, it cycles through the different oscillators... so strange Ive never noticed this happening when watching demos and such.  Interesting limitation.

I believe it chooses the next free oscillator when hitting the key he next time. It can actually be turned into an interesting effect if you have a different waveshape assigned to the different oscillators. I seem to remember Marc Doty demonstrating that feature in one of his Pro 2 videos.

[grunes]

So I just got a pro2... I知
Learning here.. so when I create a basic program patch ad go to paraphonic mode, with all 4 Osc going, after I. Strike and hold 2 or 3 notes, the next voices that come in are not a blend of the chosen oscillators but are the individual oscillators each one at a time, back and forth.. square, triangle, square back n forth...  is there some reason for this? Some setting to get them to play simultaneously/blended as they should be?   Pretty strange

Hi emptyvessel,

This is correct and how paraphonic mode works on the Pro2.

If you are coming at it from a another angle then it can be a bit confusing at first.

Put simply (hopefully), this is how it works;

Mono:
1 note played, and you can use up to 4 oscillators per note.

Paraphonic:
4 keys played, and you can only use 1 oscillator per note.



You cannot blend all 4 oscillators onto each of the 4 notes played in paraphonic mode as you only have 1 oscillator per note allocation.

If this was to work as you envisaged, the Pro2 would require 4 oscillators per note, which means you would need 16 oscillators onboard for this to work.

As an example, the Prophet 12 has 4 oscillators per voice (note) as with the Pro2, but in order to play multiple oscillators per voice (polyphonic mode) it actually has 48 oscillators onboard.

12 voices x 4 oscillators = 48 oscillators onboard.

Ok I see. thanks for the reply.. so, I didnt even notice before but it even seems that if i strike one single note repeatedly in para mode, it cycles through the different oscillators... so strange Ive never noticed this happening when watching demos and such.  Interesting limitation.

I believe it chooses the next free oscillator when hitting the key he next time. It can actually be turned into an interesting effect if you have a different waveshape assigned to the different oscillators. I seem to remember Marc Doty demonstrating that feature in one of his Pro 2 videos.

You will find it demonstrated at 08:03 minutes into this video by Marc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA1sJAPiD9Q&frags=pl%2Cwn

[emptyvessel]

thanks peeps