Feature or bug?

[DaveHuman]

I've just purchased Lowdown there seems to be some odd behaviour...

When I hold down a note and press another note higher up, it doesn't sound. Whereas holding down a note and hitting a note lower down works fine.
Live 11.2.6, Windows.

[ColinP]

I believe the original Taurus (which this is a simulation of) had low-note priority so this behaviour is true to the original. Although Moog later added the option of low, high or last note priority in the Tarus III.

[DaveHuman]

Thanks for the reply.

Be great if Cherry Audio implemented the other modes as well.

[utdgrant]

There were similar discussions about the Miniverse.

In that thread, user SpaceDog described a workaround for getting last note priority by using some modules in VM Core.

These articles from the Synth Secrets series in Sound on Sound Magazine are fascinating:

Priorities & Triggers

Envelopes, Gates & Triggers

[DaveHuman]

Thanks for all the info in your reply. Really interesting stuff.

Over the years I've been so used to soft-synths that aren't accurate emulations, I've taken 'last note priority' for granted (and didn't really know it was a thing).

Thanks also for the reference to the VM hack. I will use this in lieu of Cherry Audio adding a prioirty setting.