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[pplastic]

Hello,

I'm wondering if there is a better way to control the summed volume of multiple notes/ chords? Sometimes with the sounds I am making, if I use it to play chords the volume is way too loud and starts clipping but reducing the amp levels down of course makes one note too low. This is much more drastic when using multiple layers. Is there a function to change the volume when multiple notes / chords are played or is this not possible?

I do find the wave state clips very easily in comparison to my other synths.

I am pretty new to synths and the Wavestate so hope I'm not asking a too obvious question.

Cheers

EDIT

Just a quick edit note, if I use the Wavestate in multisample mode I don't get the volume issue, its only in sequence mode. So an init patch, running just one step (sine wave etc), press one key - volume is fine, 2 keys volume doubles, 3 keys volume seems to double again, 4 keys - sound clipping. I guess the synth just isn't designed for this really unless in multisample mode?

[paipa]

You need a compressor, which you can turn on under Pre-FX. The default Modern Compressor will do just fine.

[RobustAmerican]

[pplastic]

[pplastic]

So I tried this last night and modulating the AMP level negatively to either "Prog #of Voices" or "Perf #of Voices" doesn't really seem to make much difference to the volume - it does make a tiny difference but not really useful for the issue.

I wonder if I am doing something wrong?

I was trying to work out how the modulation would sum up the correlating levels, so if I am on "minus 100" modulation of 'amp level' how many 'voices' should be needed to be played to reduce the 'amp' say '100%'. Would it be 100 voices?

I tried adding multiple mods of the same type but it didn't make any additional difference.

The compressor works well but it's a shame to have to use up the FX slot.

Any further thoughts anyone?

Cheers

[RobustAmerican]

OK, one more attempt with this method. Try modulating the "Layer Volume" instead of the amp level. This destination only offers the "Perf # of Voices" or "Perf # of Notes" but it takes a much bigger bite and only requires 1 instance of the mod routing for nearly 10db of gain reduction.

I'm not playing live gigs so I mostly handle these kind of issues with volume automation in the daw.
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[pplastic]

Thanks Robust

The layer volume works much better at controlling the level, with each note seemingly reducing maybe by approx. 1db.

I had to use the editor to work out how to do it, if anyone wants to know:

I think the way on the unit is:

Press Perform
Use shift + page to go to layers
Use the arrows to go the the volume (right hand column)
Then MOD +

Its unfortunate there isn't a list of modulatable parameters anywhere.

Cheers!

[paipa]