I am trying to figure out if this is a potential bug:
I have Track 5 set up to be 3 voice polyphonic (pitch and gate). I am using midi in to send “unstaggered” chords (i.e. all 3 notes go on and off at the same time).
When I do this however, it appears to be a bit of chance that some of the gates will not turn off at the end of the “note”
I can see this on the LEDs: All 3 go bright at the start of the chord, but only one or two dim at the end of it.
I am trying to duck all 3 at once, so I only have the gate of the topmost output connected to a VCA, unfortunately, that does not always appear to be the one to stay on.
I’ve tried the various allocation modes, but they all behave the same way.
OK i’ve narrowed down the issue: If you send a 4 note chord to a 3 voice track, the allocator gets “confused” and seems to loose track of what to do with the 4th note. In a sense, Hermod sees 4 midi on messages come in. note one goes to voice 1, note 2 -> voice 2, note 3 -> voice 3, but then it gets note 4 -> and reassigns it. This part gets a little fuzzy, but then it gets 4 note off messages, but at this point, one voice is “dropped” so I think it ignores that message, leading to a stuck gate of some sort.
The workaround is to make sure you only send 3 note chords to a 3 voice track.
edit: maybe not even sending only 3 note chords, some still get stuck open
Ok I tried changing the clock source from internal to external and back. just flipping between the two seems to have resolved the issue? both 3 note and 4 note chords are behaving, with all gates going on and off together…
even sending only 3 note chords, some still get stuck open