Re: The pure size of the Matrix-12
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| oh no- i hope we don't limit ourselves to simple 4 note chords- harmonic colours like those based on modes of limited 'transposition (a la messiaen) are wonderful backgrounds for spacey ambient stuff. thanks, rob
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--- On Mon, 7/16/12, Omar wrote:
From: Omar
Subject: Re: [xpantastic] The pure size of the Matrix-12
To: xpantastic@...
Date: Monday, July 16, 2012, 8:28 PM
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However, I certainly appreciate that some
musicians don't use the Xpander for chords, but rather
as 6 individually triggered monosynths,-
Oh no, they probably use it for both and multitimbral chords, just
like the Matrix-12.
How many notes do you need to play a chord, even a long envolving
one and in a musical context ?
According to music theory, you need exactly 4 voices to play every
chord,- skip the root.
yea, I was gonna say, I use mine for every type of synth sound. from mono-basses, to percussion, to thick pads, to buzzy resonant stabs, to leads, to modular noises, etc. etc.
6-voices is plenty for chords, although if you are doing lots of quick chord changes, then yea you'll hear it cut off, but that's nothing a little delay fx with a nice feedback tail on it can't fix up in a jiffy. pretty common when dealing with poly-analogs.
-o
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