Re: [Om-synth] effeciency + a bit poly

[Atte André Jensen]

Dave Robillard wrote:

> Yes.  If you want to have only one copy of a chorus plugin (which you
> almost certainly do), you want to have that as a monophonic node.  This
> is what the page on the wiki is all about.

Aha, the fog is clearing :-)

> Make sure the "polyphonic" checkbox in the load plugin window is not
> selected when you add the node.  You can't change it after the fact.

Wouldn't that be a nice feature (to be able to change a note's polyphony)?

> FWIW, I usually keep the polyphonic stuff in a subpatch, and run it
> through effects in the parent patch, to keep things seperated and more
> flexible in the future.  This is a better practise - there should
> probably be a page on the wiki about "good Om practises" like this.

Ok, I see.

So which types of nodes would one normally make monophonic? My guess:

Typical polyphonic nodes:
* Oscillators

Typical monophonic nodes:
* Fx that apply to "the mixture of sound produced by playing the patch". 
That would be most fx AFAICS...
* Audio in/out.

Finally:

In a polyphonic patch, fat outlined nodes are polyphonic, right? It 
seems that at least audio out's are always rendered with thin outline. 
Does this mean that audio out's are always monophonic?

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Atte

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