[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":83},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1m86ixsk0xhod":3},{"type":4,"name":5,"blurb":6,"color":7,"category":8,"about":9,"description":10,"aboutHtml":9,"howHtml":11,"inputs":12,"outputs":13,"controls":41,"tryHtml":48,"lessons":51,"guides":57,"terms":61,"siblings":62},"polykeys","Poly Keys","A keyboard that plays chords: up to four notes at once, one V\u002FOCT + GATE pair per voice.","#b388ff","Controllers","A keyboard for chords: up to four notes at once, each on its own voice.","A keyboard for chords: up to four notes at once, each on its own voice. Every input, output and knob explained, with patches to try.","Every cable carries one signal, so each note needs its own \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#v-oct\" title=\"The pitch standard: each +1 on the input raises the pitch by one octave.\">V\u002FOCT\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gate\" title=\"An on\u002Foff signal: high while a key or step is held, low when it is not.\">GATE\u003C\u002Fa>. Each new note goes to a free voice; when they are all busy, the oldest note is taken over. \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#patch\" title=\"A set of connections between modules, and the sound it makes.\">Patch\u003C\u002Fa> each voice to its own \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#oscillator\" title=\"A sound source that repeats a wave shape over and over, making a pitched tone.\">VCO\u003C\u002Fa> → \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#adsr\" title=\"Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release: the four stages of the most common envelope.\">ADSR\u003C\u002Fa> → \u003Ca class=\"term\" href=\"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#vca\" title=\"A volume control that another signal can turn up and down.\">VCA\u003C\u002Fa> chain and mix them. It plays from the same keys as the Keyboard (A S D F… plus the row above for sharps; Z and X shift the octave), and MIDI works too.",[],[14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35,38],{"label":15,"html":16},"V\u002FOCT 1","Voice 1 pitch, 1.0 per octave, 0 = C4.",{"label":18,"html":19},"GATE 1","Voice 1 gate — high while its note is held.",{"label":21,"html":22},"V\u002FOCT 2","Voice 2 pitch.",{"label":24,"html":25},"GATE 2","Voice 2 gate.",{"label":27,"html":28},"V\u002FOCT 3","Voice 3 pitch.",{"label":30,"html":31},"GATE 3","Voice 3 gate.",{"label":33,"html":34},"V\u002FOCT 4","Voice 4 pitch.",{"label":36,"html":37},"GATE 4","Voice 4 gate.",{"label":39,"html":40},"VEL","How hard the last key was hit (MIDI), 0–1. QWERTY keys send 0.8.",[42,45],{"label":43,"html":44},"Oct","Octave shift.",{"label":46,"html":47},"Voices","How many voices to use — set it to the number of chains you have patched.",[49,50],"Patch only voice 1 and set Voices to 1: it behaves like the mono Keyboard.","Hold a chord, then add a fifth note — listen for which one drops out.",[52],{"slug":53,"name":54,"title":55,"n":56},"26-polyphony-play-chords","26 · Polyphony: Play Chords","Polyphony: Play Chords",26,[58],{"slug":59,"title":60},"melody-and-chance","Melody & chance: chords, arps and generative patches",[],[63,67,71,75,79],{"type":64,"name":65,"blurb":66,"color":7},"keys","Keyboard","Play with your QWERTY row (A–K), the mouse, or a MIDI controller.",{"type":68,"name":69,"blurb":70,"color":7},"xy","XY Pad","Drag to send two CVs. GATE is high while you touch it.",{"type":72,"name":73,"blurb":74,"color":7},"balls","Bouncing Balls","Physics as a sequencer: every bounce off a wall fires a gate. Click to kick them.",{"type":76,"name":77,"blurb":78,"color":7},"gamepad","Gamepad","A game controller’s sticks and face buttons as control signals and gates.",{"type":80,"name":81,"blurb":82,"color":7},"tilt","Phone Tilt","Tilt and shake a phone or tablet to send control signals.",1792599838439]