Sequencing polyphonic sounds

Hi All :slight_smile:

I’ve searched the forum but still couldn’t solve my issue. I am attempting to enter a 3-note chord into the sequencer on Track 1 of my AK, with 3 voices active, but it is only allowing for a single note during playback (the chord plays in 3 voices when assigning to a trig, but plays back as a single voice via the sequencer). The other tracks are currently empty. I am beginning to lose my mind.

What am i missing?

Many thanks!

Thaks for the response, but I’ve got 3 voices assigned to the track, so unless i’m missing something that should be all set, no?

Poly config to “use trk sounds? Might be checked which will use other track sounds.

In the poly config menu i’ve got tracks 1, 3, and 4 selected.

I’m relatively new to the AK, but my understanding is that unless there is some voice thievery taking place, playing on track 1 would give me access to 3 voices. which it does. but i can’t enter that into the sequencer and have it play polyphonically…

Enter note in the sequencer and use note2, note3 and note4 on the arp page with arp off to build chords.

Try checking all 4 and set allocation to reset. I’m assuming you have a sequence on track 2? One voice only?

Thanks for the arp trick, Schnork, but in my limited understanding I shouldn’t have to go that route, right? I should just be capable of playing it directly in without messing with any arp settings?

Kpucski, I’m just reserving track 2 for later, but currently the pattern is empty. I tried activating all 4 voices and allocation set to reset, but still no polyphony…

Did you uncheck the box that says “use TRK sounds” in Poly config? I edited my first post because I was going off the cuff and wrote something else.

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Yes, when you live record/step record/hold trig and lock notes in, it automatically p-locks note2, note3, note4 as needed.

Cool, yeah, i’ve got track sounds unchecked…

appreciate you guys helping out, just can’t seem to make this work

Hey @larksleep,

Do you know which OS your keys is on? I looked through some of the old Release Notes for potential bugs to do with “Poly Mode” and I saw a couple in firmwares below 1.20 that could potentially be causing the notes to drop out. It might be worth updating to the latest version of the OS if you haven’t done so already. Hopefully you can figure it out; I’ll let you know if I can think of anything else we may have overlooked.

Thanks, Kpucski, that’s a good thought, but i updated this morning just to be sure.

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So, it will apparently sequence chords in Live mode, but still not in step sequence mode…

Select a track, let’s say track 1, open poly config [Function]+[Kit] and tick three boxes there, leave the other settings like shown in the screenshot here and play a (triad) chord on the keys (allocation reset, use trk sounds unchecked) - what happens?

@Schnork Those are the settings I’ve been using. It will play a triad and even sequence a triad in live mode (i found out last night), but not in step sequence mode.

edit: sorry, am a bit out of my mind today… that setting results in the same, i can play and sequence chords but not when step sequencing

don’t: play the chord, tap the step.
do: hold the step, play the chord.

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@garf thanks!!!

ehrmagod! so simple and yet for some reason never occurred to me

that did the trick \o/

Thanks to all of you for troubleshooting
I am in your debt

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