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poly~ prepend open voice – why?

marlon brando — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:06:00 +0000

I have probably misunderstood this, but I cannot make changes to the individual voices, right?

If I open voice 3, make a change to it, and close the voice window, it forces me to save the change. And then the change appears in all the voices. So, what is the point in including the prepend open voice option?

Re: poly~ prepend open voice – why?

dopethatwantscash@yahoo.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:15:10 +0000

You’re supposed to be able to change individual voices. I can’t remember the syntax (I’m at work) but there’s a way to make a message go to all voices (probably default), one of them, all but one of them, etc.

If it’s forcing you to save the change, that probably means you’re editing the abstraction, right? There are two ways to open the guts of a poly~. One is to view what’s going on without changing the structure; this will correspond to the activity of a particular voice. The other way to open the window is so that you can edit it. In this case, you’re not changing any of the voices; rather, you’re changing the abstraction that they are all instances of. When you save that, they all change.

Re: poly~ prepend open voice – why?

phil hughes — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:40:52 +0000

that’s funny you would’ve found you’re answer in my post “quick one about poly~” which is only few posts before yours.

the answer is : target $1
target 0 addresses all voices

I use open to see the last voice. When I see the last voice starting to be used, I know I’m pushing it. < - this is for granular type stuff i mean.

cheers.

phil