some questions about midi

hello,

i'm new on reaktor and i have some questions :

first, i want to know why sqp need 300 voices?

is it possible to know clearly what is out in a module who make operations on midi note?
for example, i do midi note / 12, is it posssible to know the result?
because when i use the menu pop up on the wires i see all the voice and it's not clear! and sometime the mouse scroll wheel don't work!
i try numeric readout but it's working only in mono mode!

is it possible to filter short midi note without loose latency?

i create a filter midi note module who use a midi out note pitch gate and i'm oblige to create a wire between the gate and audio output to activate the module, why?
in this module i loose some note off but the gate is directly connect to the midi out note pitch/gate, i don't understand!

i hope you understand
thank you
laurent

 

That's a lot of questions and I don't have all the answers, but here's a couple of ideas:

Usually, Reaktor won't activate a structure until it thinks a valid audio chain is in place. This is to save CPU, but it means that to make a MIDI-only or event-only structure, you need to fool Reaktor. To do this, send the output of your structure to a Numeric Readout module (or a lamp) and, in the numeric readout's properties, set it to be ALWAYS ACTIVE. Now, Reaktor will activate your structure to drive the readout.

But there's a problem here: numeric readouts can only display one value at a time: they're inherently monophonic. So how do you send a polyphonic signal into them? Well, I'd experiment with Auxiliary modules like the Event Voice Combiners. These will allow you to show things like the maximum value in a polyphonic set, or (I think) the most recent... depending on which module you choose.

CList's EventWatcher macro (in the User Library) might be useful here: perhaps an Event Voice Combiner, then the EventWatcher...

I don't know how you could filter short MIDI notes without latency, because your structure would need to listen to the notes before passing them on, to decide whether they were short or not (I'm not sure I understand this question).

Some ensembles use multiple voices in strange ways... it's something I'd like to see discussed or tutorialised, because I've never understood it myself. Vocoders can use multiple voices for multiple filters... and one of the sound generators (can't remember the name, spacedrone?) generates atmospheres out of dozens of voices each playing little sounds.

Hope that helps...

Dave