Voice problems after turning macro into an instrument

I created a microtuning macro that works perfectly as a macro. However, I would like it to be an instrument so that it appears easily in the panel, and so that I can save snapshots. The problem is that when I make a new instrument containing the macro and then load it into a synth that normally works fine with my macro everything stops working. If the instrument is set to have 1 voice, mono can work somewhat if the synth is set to poly. If the synth is set to mono the keys have to be pressed a few times before they trigger the right note.

I thought this would be fixed by setting the voices of my microtuning instrument to be the same as the number of voices in the instrument that it is being retuned, but when I increase the voices of the microtuning instrument all sound stops. There is a red wire going to the polyphony section even when my instrument is visibiy putting out the right number of voices that usually go into the red wire input.

I am a bit stuck, and all help would be appreciated!

 

I use MT in pro-5r just uploaded and had the same problem. The solution is a module called To Voice.

pro-5r is here
https://www.native-instruments.com/de/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/11829/

 

Instruments inputs and outputs are monophonic only. The instrument can be polyphonic internally, but all voices must be mixed to a monophonic signal prior to output (It's one of the reasons Blocks are monophonic, and trying to make them poly is such a challenge).

If this microtuner is a component being used inside a larger polyphonic structure, it doesn't really make sense for it to be an instrument, much better as a macro.
Panel wise, you can lock all the GUI components of the Macro as a group, then at least when you move it around, you won't accidentally mess up its internal GUI layout.

 

Hmm, the output of my macro is already polyphonic. I am not sure how I would implement a to voice module or if I need one.

 

Ok, thanks for the information. In many cases I can't even see the GUI components of my macro when I add it to an instrument. Is there anything I can do about that?

 

Hard to say without an actual example!

 

I've been trying to add the macro to carbon 2. If I add the macro to the layer where the pitch is processed it doesn't appear in the panel. I found that if I add the macro to the first layer of carbon 2 it appears in the panel, and then I can use a send to send it to the deeper layers. Is there a way to make it still appear in the panel when it is deeper inside the instrument?

Also, is there a way to turn the polyphonic output into a mono output? In carbon 2 it looks like I need to put out mono and poly pitch data at the same time, but I don't want to have two instances of the macro because if I made changes to the parameters of one I would also have to make changes to the other.

 

If it's inside a macro that is invisible (view 'ON' box unchecked in parameters) then it won't be visible. If any one of the layers of parent macros is not visible, then everything inside will also not be visible.