Polyphony without MIDI

#1

Hello!
Is it possible to make a polyphonic subpatch without using a midi keyboard? I would like to use some piezoelectric sensors, triggering different notes. How should I patch it? Have I to convert values to midi messages?
Thank you!
Stefano

#2

You can use a midi/out/note and set device to "internal port 1".

#3

you dont have to use midi :slight_smile:

you can also use tables.... (or any adhoc use of the voice)

I did this on out very first patch challenge ( 3 years ago , wow!) where i wanted a polyphonic sequencer

its not the simplest example, but the essence is simple
put a table in the top patch, which you then read using an index based off of poly voice index.

so simple example

top patch
[alloc mydata 16]

various [table/set] to set your data...

voicepatch
[polyindex]->[table/read] -> your voice data

you can also put some stuff in the voice patch , if you can infer what you need from polyindex

I guess the main thing here is...
if you create a polyphonic sub patch, the code of the voices is continually 'running' regardless of midi or not.

all that the 'voice allocator' is doing is translating which voice to use for a particular note, and then directing the midi to the appropriate midi handler instance.

so if you dont have midi, then you just have to decide on the 'allocation' scheme yourself :wink:

#5

@SmashedTransistors Thank you! you're right, I didn't knew this function.

@thetechnobear Yes this is what I was searching for! I will try this way, thank you!