Repro-5 - is it possible to trigger the LFO Start

[pitchbernd]

The title says it all, is it possible to trigger the LFO Start with triggering a MIDI Note? I didn't find anything in the manual.

Thanks!

[EvilDragon]

AFAIK the LFO here is always freerunning.

[muki]

would be nice though, wouldn't it?

do we have a RePro-wishlist-thread ?

also, to my surprise i just found that the LFO is NOT polyphonic (???)
am i missing something, or is it the way it has to be ?

and also, when using the oscillator B as LFO it is also
a) only free running
and b)
not really polyphonic but rather quite strange running

would be nice to have an optional switch for true LFO polyphony and otional
LFO/OSCB trigger/gate options

[EvilDragon]

LFO is not polyphonic just like on real Prophet-5. You would use Voice Mod section if you want to have a polyphonic LFO, but you sacrifice one oscillator then (similar to Minimoog). It is truly polyphonic in this case (with every voice freerunning - just like original) - which can be proven by not disabling keyboard tracking on it (KYBD button) - every voice would have a different LFO rate then.

[muki]

> LFO is not polyphonic just like on real Prophet-5.

yes, sure
but imho it shouldn't prevent the software to act a little bit more advanced on an *optional* basis
(hint: the TWEAK page)
the original hardware also didn't have individual voice panning? or did it?
nevertheless: tweakable software seems to make it happen

and yes, VoiceMod is what i reffered to as OscillatorB
and yes: polyphonic but since it's freerunning the result is imho quite strange
again an optional gate/trigger pulldown like in DIVA would be cool

[sleepcircle]

a couple modded pieces of the original hardware had "one voice per output" on the back, and once some guy plugged each voice into a different speaker, as i recall

that's not a complete overhaul of the circuit architecture, though. most of the stuff on the "tweaks page" is just variations on individual components, not totally different synthesis paths, and RePro is—you will recall—not a emulation, but a simulation. it isn't just doing mathematical approximations of what the synthesizer outputs, it is doing mathematical approximations of how electronic components in the hardware interact with themselves and with everything else

[mholloway]

this is the usual back-and-forth with U-He (themselves or their users, really) regarding the emulations, to wit:

1) "It's not that way because the original wasn't that way and this is a damn-near perfect emulation of the original"

followed by

2) "yes, I see, but you added all these FX the original didn't have and two mod-matrix slots the original didn't have, etc etc, so why are you arguing for purity about not including -my feature request-?"

and honestly both sides make sense. I understand the user attitude here, sure, but on the other hand, if the dev went ahead and added every users "very important feature request that surely is acceptable because of the other non-pure additions already made in the synth" then the synth would become something very different indeed.

it's not really possible to have it both ways, I think. it is what it is. the dev made some changes to the original, yes. but essentially it's Very Much An Emulation and that means living with its quirks and alleged missing features.

I mean, the damn thing has no Mono Legato mode (because, of course, use its little sibling when you want that...etc etc). but then again, would I complain to Dave Smith about this if I had a Prophet 5 sitting in my room? well, maybe

[Urs]

a couple modded pieces of the original hardware had "one voice per output" on the back, and once some guy plugged each voice into a different speaker, as i recall

Tangerine Dream used a P5 with individual outs running through a Big Muff each. Hence the ability to pan and the per-voice distortion post VCA, pre pan in Repro-5.

[Urs]

this is the usual back-and-forth with U-He (themselves or their users, really) regarding the emulations

Hehehe, true.

Only, we're so occupied with other things atm, no-one can even think of pondering over any of this.

[muki]

thanks for the answer, urs
point taken + fair enough