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I cannot figure out how to create a HD1 voice that supports more than a mere two harmonics. I can transpose OSC 1 and OSC 2... but what if I want root octave and fifth on a pad or something?

Thanks!
--Ryan

ryan42 wrote:I cannot figure out how to create a HD1 voice that supports more than a mere two harmonics. I can transpose OSC 1 and OSC 2... but what if I want root octave and fifth on a pad or something?

Thanks!
--Ryan

Chord mode works really well for parallel harmonies. You can also easily use physical controls to switch between different intervals, or disable it entirely. See “Using Chord mode” on  page 54 of the most recent Operation Guide.

Alright, but it looks like if I want a voice with say three piano samples... I'm gonna have to use a combination?

ryan42 wrote:Alright, but it looks like if I want a voice with say three piano samples... I'm gonna have to use a combination?

If you want each pitch to have different programming, then yes, you'll need to use a Combination. If you want to play parallel intervals on any given sound - including piano - as if you were playing them from the keyboard, then Chord mode is the way to go.

- Dan

Actually, you could do this in a single program, by using Wave Sequences. Instead of looping Wave Sequences, Program a non-running sequence that plays piano.

One oscillator can layer 2 Wave Sequences. You have two oscillators, so you can have four differently pitched pianos.

Seriously, this part of Wave Sequencing is not much explored, but can accomodate most of what you want to do.

Mike,

There's a combi on my T1 that has two pianos and I was thinking of trying to duplicate it on the O with the sampled Steinway EXs2. Could the technique you are talking be used to do that?

The T1 combi really sounds like 2 pianos with some reverb thrown in.

The combi name is "2 pianos". It is # 41 on the factory load of combis if that helps any.

Ken

kenackr wrote:Could the technique you are talking be used to do that?

I would like to hear the T1 Combi to make a more accurate comment, but I don't see why not. Is it like a double slap attack or is one piano panned right, while the other is panned left? If it is just two different sampled pianos, you could probably achieve this, without delving into the wave sequencing. You can even have a different effect, for each oscillator - when using Master FX, you can send oscillator 1 to MFX1 and oscillator 2 to MFX2. This way, you can set different reverbs and further separate the two sounds, while using only a single program.

BTW, I made the three pitched piano patch and it worked like a charm. I just used the same sample, 3 times. However, you could use every sample - p, mf, f, ff and insert them into the first four wave sequence steps, then use Velocity to change step position, soft to hard. I haven't tried it, yet, but I think it would work.

Thanks!

The T is in the shop right now. I'll send you a wave sample when I get it back.

Ken