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14 stereo notes polyphony or not?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:13 am
by gorgorsan
Please someone confirm if 14 notes poly stands for stereo samples as well because this is essential for me to know before I get one for myself. Thanks!
Re: 14 stereo notes polyphony or not?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:56 pm
by Telengard
gorgorsan wrote:Please someone confirm if 14 notes poly stands for stereo samples as well because this is essential for me to know before I get one for myself. Thanks!
I can check it out, but I will not be back near my microSAMPLER until next week sometime. Does the manual give you any indication? I don't think I have tried that many samples playing at once (mono or stereo).
Re: 14 stereo notes polyphony or not?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:01 am
by robotunes
gorgorsan wrote:Please someone confirm if 14 notes poly stands for stereo samples as well because this is essential for me to know before I get one for myself. Thanks!
Yes the microSampler plays 14 notes of stereo polyphony BUT you start losing polyphony if any of those samples is time-stretched. For each time-stretched sample, subtract 2 notes of polyphony (mono sample or stereo doesn't make a difference).
Two ways to beat this:
- (1) Use pitch stretching instead of time stretching. You'll have all 14 notes of polyphony, but the sample will play back with that chipmunk pitch-shifted sound. That might work great for some loops but not for others.
(2) The best way is to time-stretch the loop then resample it. Now you have new sample that plays back at the project tempo without time-stretching, so you have your 14 notes of polyphony again.