Sukandar Kartadinata

I don't quite get poly~'s voice stealing logic.

The reference doesn't mention this, but my assumption was that voice stealing should always pick the oldest note.

The attached patch shows the odd behaviour I experience.

p.s. just used Max7 for the first time really. My initial impression:

the bad: all my old patches look different and need to be retouched

Hi,
I don't quite get poly~'s voice stealing logic.
The reference doesn't mention this, but my assumption was that voice stealing should always pick the oldest note. 

The attached patch shows the odd behaviour I experience.
What am I doing wrong?

p.s. just used Max7 for the first time really. My initial impression:
the good: pitch&time engine
the bad: all my old patches look different and need to be retouched
the ugly: it's ugly


poly-voice-stealing-doesnt-seem-to-pick-the-oldest-note

I can confirm this, with Max 7 but also Max 5 & Max 6.

What you do wrong is relying on Max' poly~ for a logical voice stealing technique. As you noted there's nothing in the documentation about the way voices are stolen…

You should manage this outside of poly~, maybe with poly which is documented as stealing the oldest note.

I can confirm this, with Max 7 but also Max 5 & Max 6.
What you do wrong is relying on Max' poly~ for a logical voice stealing technique. As you noted there's nothing in the documentation about the way voices are stolen…

I've attached a patch that uses poly as you suggested. Seems to work so far.

Only problem is that poly doesn't allow the number of voices to be changed dynamically, something which is possible with poly~.

Thanks Patrick.
I've attached a patch that uses poly as you suggested. Seems to work so far.
Only problem is that poly doesn't allow the number of voices to be changed dynamically, something which is possible with poly~.

poly~ voice stealing doesn't seem to pick the oldest note