Voices / Operators

[Eamoex]

Hi,

ordered my kit and looking forward to assembly.

Question: let's say I have a 2-Instrument "patch", and each of the two Instruments uses 5-Operator algorithms. Every time I hit a note, I sound 10 Operators (2 Instruments x 5 Operators). So if I hit four notes simultaneously, I sound 40 Operators (4 Voices x 2 Instruments x 5 Operators) out of the 48 available, which means I have a max. polyphony of 4.

Is this correct?

[the_duckchild]

Pretty sure that's right.

[Eamoex]

Okay thanks.

Digging further: if I change one of my two Instruments to a 4-Operator algorithm, I should gain an additional Voice. Right?

5.Op x 5.Note = 25.Op | 4.Op x 5.Note = 20.Op | 25.Op + 20.Op = 45.Op

[Xavier]

There's a shema at the top of the doc called "Workflow of the PreenFM2 sound generation" that should clarify how operators are shared.
http://ixox.fr/preenfm2/manual/synth-edit-mode/

The only thing that worry me about what you wrote is that there's no 5 Operator algo.
only 3, 4 or 6.

[Eamoex]

Hi,

thanks for your reply. I had read the diagram already.

On the other hand, I haven't paid close enough attention to the Algorithms and hadn't noticed there were no 5-Op arrangements.

But even so: if there was such a thing as a 5-Op Algorithm, would my interpretation of how Voices are dealt with be correct?

[Xavier]

But even so: if there was such a thing as a 5-Op Algorithm, would my interpretation of how Voices are dealt with be correct?

Yes.

There's an other limit : if you only use 3 Ops algo, the max number of voices is 14 and not 16 for memory (CPU RAM) reason .

[Eamoex]

All clear, merci beaucoup.