Polyphonic mode

S2400 Feature Requests
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I am very happy to discover the S2400.

I’m a producer, keyboard player that comes from a long passion for old samplers. Ensoniq, Akai E-mu have always been home to me.

Analyzing and reading about the S2400, I realize the incredible potential of the diference sound characters, sample hates, 16 voices with envelopes, filters… and I keep imagining a dream in my head.

Use all tracks as a polyphonic mode, giving up tracks to have polyphony.

Be able to play a sample on the keyboard polyphonically. like a flute sample, piano…

For example: instead of having 16 stereo monophonic tracks (as it is originally) in this “poly mode” there can be 1 stereo track with capacity for 16 voices polyphonically. Or a possible rearrangement of voices such as 8 stereo monophonic tracks and 1 stereo with 8 polyphonic voices.

I know this can be possible with a software update. It would be a dream for me to be able to use the sound quality of this machine to play on my keyboard and make some lofi keys presets

Thank you all peace :pray:

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Correct me if I’m wrong… but, the S2400 doesn’t even have a way to set-up key-groups for even monophonic playing (like an old S900 & S950). I still want a key-groups set-up page.
Polyphonic would be even better, next-level.

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I think that sort of is pitch multimode. Not a full fledge “keygroup” though

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Yeah… pitch-multimode kinda-sorta similar… but, it’s for playing w/ the pads, and not an external keyboard.

Key-groups would be much nicer, so you know what notes you’re actually playing accurately & quickly.
Like after assigning a sample, of let’s say a sample in C to middle-key-C, then all the keys around that are easily played/known to be in the correct chromatic scale.

Whereas, playing w/ only the pads… even tho surrounding/adjacent pads will be chromatic, and also tunable, you will lose track easily and don’t know what note is what. Also, you’re only limited to eight pads for playing vs. an expansive keybed/keyboard.

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Thanks everyone for the answers.

I didn’t know there wasn’t a monophonic mode for tracks to play on a keyboard…

I think these are requests that will made the S2400 next level… and I know it’s something that can be implemented by the software…

Does anyone have any work around for this?

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doing some research I just found a video where this guy uses a midi keybourd to play a monophonic melody :slight_smile: I believe there is a way to play monophonic tracks

he plays the melody at 3:20 seconds

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Cool video!

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Reading you I could guess you have or come from an MPC?
I use the MPC One for this tasks synced with the s2400 and then sampling the result for more flexibility. I guess that you knew that already too :slight_smile:

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