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NORD MODULAR V3.0
All patches must have a requested number of voices assigned to them (minimum 1 voice). The dynamic
allocation method used by other multitimbral hardware synthesizers is not applicable with Nord Modu-
lar.
You can adjust the polyphony by selecting a S
(not Micro Modular). This can be useful if you have a couple of patches loaded to several S
to redistribute the polyphony among the patches.
The Nord Modular note recognition system operates according to the "last note" principle. If you run
out of polyphony and continue to play notes, the synthesizer will always add the last note played and re-
move the first note, with one exception: it will try to keep the lowest note sounding.
See also
"Sound engine" on page 211
Sound engine power.
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A Nord Modular patch can consist of two parts: a polyphonic part and a monophonic part. In the Editor,
these two parts are represented by two sections of the patch window, divided by a horizontal bar. The
upper section is called the Poly Voice Area and the lower section the Common Voice Area. In the Poly
Voice Area you place modules that should be duplicated for each voice, e.g. oscillators, envelope genera-
tors and filters. In the lower patch window, the Common Voice Area, you can place modules that should
act equally on all voices in the patch, e.g. different types of Audio modules. Modules used in the Com-
mon Voice Area will act on the sum of the signals output from the Poly Voice Area, and consequently
will not be duplicated for each voice in the patch. This gives two big advantages:
• A module is able to process whole chords, and not just a single voice, affecting the sound the same way
an external audio processor would.
• In most situations you will be able to free up Sound engine power (Load) so you could increase the
polyphony of the patch.
Cables cannot be connected from modules in one patch section to modules in the other. The only signals
that can be routed from the Poly Voice Area to the Common Voice Area are two separate audio signals.
The routing is one-way only; from the Poly Voice Area to the Common Voice Area.
, press the S
LOT
for more information about the relationship between voices and
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button and turn the R
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and wish
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