[PD] nqpoly4 mystery

[Phil Stone]

Hi Andy,

I've had good luck with [polypoly], Frank Barknecht's enhancement of 
[nqpoly] (it adds polyphonic voice management via PD's [poly] object).  
Yes, it was a little tricky to get working, but it's a little less 
finicky than [nqpoly], which, if you edit or otherwise touch it, won't 
work correctly, due to object order problems.

It's been a while since I worked with it, so I can't remember the exact 
pitfalls and solutions, but I have a little documentation, and a working 
example, [polywavesynth], at 
http://www.pkstonemusic.com/polyWaveSynth.html .

Let me know if I can explain anything from that page.


Phil



Andy Farnell wrote:
> Does anybody really understand nqpoly4~ ? :)
>
> I don't use it very often , but when I do it needs several goats sacrificing
> to make it work. Maybe I forgot to appease the right god or something this
> time, but I just keep getting
>
> $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $8 can't create
>
> According to the helpfile abstractions need to obey certain requirements.
>
> Does anyone know what these 'certain requirements" are, exactly..?
>
> Has anyone every written a tutorial on it? The helpfile contains some
> promising looking examples, but honestly after all the time I've used
> Pd I still don't understand this voodoo object.
>
> cheers for any help
>
> Andy
>
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