No matter what kind of method i use to deal with poly~ (poly, midinote, 

busy map...), there's still some questions i don't have the answers for...

1 - what is the real goal of "steal" ? when i use "steal mode", 

everything seems ok when i DO NOT send the same pitch twice. But when i 

only use poly~ as, for ex, a sample cell player (always the same pitch), 

"steal" leads max to INTERUPT the voice, 7 / 10 times...

2 - after a while, still in steal mode, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF METHOD i 

use (poly, midinote, busy map...), poly~ begins to truncate EVERY sound, 

Did someone has a *working* example of a sample player that always play 

the same pitch, with or without an enveloppe deal, and with a *working* 

Don't tell me about the "regular" examples, they have been dissected a 

No matter what kind of method i use to deal with poly~ (poly, midinote, 
busy map...), there's still some questions i don't have the answers for...

1 - what is the real goal of "steal" ? when i use "steal mode", 
everything seems ok when i DO NOT send the same pitch twice. But when i 
only use poly~ as, for ex, a sample cell player (always the same pitch), 
"steal" leads max to INTERUPT the voice, 7 / 10 times...

2 - after a while, still in steal mode, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF METHOD i 
use (poly, midinote, busy map...), poly~ begins to truncate EVERY sound, 
playing only a few ms of them...

Did someone has a *working* example of a sample player that always play 
the same pitch, with or without an enveloppe deal, and with a *working* 
steal mode inside ??
Don't tell me about the "regular" examples, they have been dissected a 
hundred times...

poly-clarifications

Detailed example patch please. Also - if possible, include the files you are working with, or at the very least tell us how long they are.

poly~ clarifications...