Love the idea of FX routing, going to have to try that.
Setting up percussion was interested. Interconnected sequencers also provided interesting results but getting them to connect in a way that worked and produced non-random events was tricky.
Found some time to dig into the DX modules. @hyperstationjr 's idea of putting noise to pitch is bloody great! I got some pleasing and musical results feeding noise osc with KBT on into Operator Frequency inputs, attenuated beforehand. Altering the noise osc width makes big changes.
Also Control Seq (controlled by lfo with velocity to rate) into frequency.
Maybe this is obvious, but taking the outs of operators, as opposed to main out on the Router and putting then into pan modules makes space!
The DX modules are a sound design rabbit hole.
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Does anyone know how to make a proper round-robin voice allocation ?
Iām trying to make a Moog Matriarch-like voice allocation (step through 4 oscillators) but Iām weirdly stuck.
Use the SeqCtr to switch between them (via a 8-1Mux) would be one way.
Then how do you step through the SeqCtr ? The āVoice Numberā from the āStatusā module is not round-robin (it handles held notes polyphonically).
From the SeqCtr help:
When the Voice Nr. output of the Status module is patched to the Ctr input, slider1 will control a value for voice1, slider2 for voice2 etc. This way you can have separate control values for each voice.
Sorry, just understood your round robin point. How about using the gate of the keyboard module as the trigger input on a SeqLevel (4 stages set instead of 16), with the progressively higher levels for each stage routed to the 8-1Mux?
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It maybe that the SeqLevel would actually have to feed into the SeqCtrl-Mux config for this to work. Give it a go!
Unless Iām overlooking something, itās not that simple.
The most obvious/direct way would be :
Patch in Mono Mode
(poly)Keyboard module Gate out to a 8counter (self patched so it resets after 4 steps).
It seems to work nicely, but try this for instance :
Hold note C. Hit D. While still holding C, release D. It steps on the releasing of D.
Also, with the example above, you would want C to keep sounding when playing D on top. How would you do that ?
This is much more confusing than it seems.
On Max/MSP I would do this within minutes, but here, Iām stuck.
Totally, thatās what I did first,
but try holding a note and play/release others.
Ah, so itās a polyphony issue. Interesting, I made this kind of patch ages ago to replicate the Korg Mono/Poly but I was never concerned about polyphonic round robin. I like this kind of challenge, will have a think.
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Ah, not near the G2 at the moment but I think the above patch but with added use of a shift register should get you nearer your aims.
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Please do ! A Mono/poly replica is exactly what I want to achieve !
Iāll try on my side. Didnāt think of the shift register.
Polyphony on these G2 is a bit weird.
It is yes, if you donāt patch certain things, the oscillators behave polyphonically but I am not sure if things like logic behave in the same way. Using a shift register, you can store the subsequent notes and access them in different ways.
Did the mono/poly do polyphonic voice cycling? I canāt remember now.
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Yeah Iāve got one that I should plug to check, but Iām almost sure it just eternally steps through osc 1 to 4.
First note opens the adsr, then subsequent notes are just gated.
I also have a Matriarch, that despite its numerous bugs, can have a few more options, like multi trig of the envelopes, or reset round robin so it always start from osc 1 if you release all notes.
The sky really is the limit on this kind of patch on the G2, well it is if polyphony isnāt a big deal. Itās nice to have a set of 4 oscillators like this, but then running next to it a set of 3 or 5 oscillators set up the same way but with offsets of a 5th or octaves. The polymeter patterns get super complex quickly.
You could have your 4 step, 5 step or 3 step all run at different divisions too. Amazing, do that with your 10k Eurorack system! 
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Monophonic only I thinkā¦
Neat idea ! I know understand you avatar, @wavecircle 
No way, Mono/Poly is the grail of āparaphonicā synths. Hence the name.
But when you cycle the voices is monophonic I thought (I.e. cycles through each in turn) must be getting it mixed up.
Edit: just looked it up:
The arpeggiator can cycle through each oscillator in POLY mode, or all four at a time in MONO.
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