53 Modular Synthesizer Polyphony Experiment

Modular synths are usually not used for polyphony since making true polyphonic voices would take a lot of cash, space and time. But if you can settle for some limitations you can get some nice results. If you go for separate sounding notes and skip individual articulation (filters and envelopes) all you need is enough oscillators. And a decent MIDI to CV converter.

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[XYtoTheDoubleG]

Great video! I have a Roland 100m and I've recently become very interested into turning it into a polyphonic beast! The mpu 101 looks pretty awesome. Would you recommend the 101 for my synth, or rather a newer midi to cv unit?

[7thDanSound]

@XYtoTheDoubleG Thanks! Well, the MPU101 will have a few years of service and mine actually has a few quirks that need some attention. I'd rather just play so I should prefer a newer unit although I know few of those that are as comprehensive and yet as simple as the MPU101. So I can't really recommend either way. If you find something new that is as good, just go with it I guess :)

[bjcsupertortoise]

By the way, Doepfer are currently planning the 'A-190-5 Polyphonic Midi-to-CV/Gate Interface' A-100 module! :D

[7thDanSound]

@bjcsupertortoise Cool thing! That's actually quite close to the MPU101 but in a neater package.

[emdotambient]

Groo-vee! I really need to start looking into MIDI-CV converters. Eventually I'm going to want one that can handle some kind of 4 note polyphony. Nice to see someone else giving it a go!

[7thDanSound]

@emdotambient It is very useful and there are some nice offerings out there currently. The MPU101 I use here is particularly nice and easy to use!

[JohnLRice]

Nice demo!

[7thDanSound]

@M0N0F0N Thanks, glad you like it! The sequence actually turned out nicer than I was hoping so I should do a recording of it for future uses I guess.

[M0N0F0N]

Very instructive! Thanks for posting!