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Polyphony and Voices

Polyphony and Voices

Throughline beta ships with monophonic patch authoring as the supported path. Authored Polyphony Zones are disabled for the beta, so build chord and multi-voice arrangements in the DAW and route the resulting MIDI or audio into Throughline.

Monophonic Voices

Oscillator is a single voice. It has one Pitch input, so it is best for basses, leads, drones, and effects that follow one note or control stream at a time.

Build the voice explicitly:

  1. MIDI Input MIDI Out -> MIDI Decode MIDI In.
  2. MIDI Decode Pitch -> Oscillator Pitch.
  3. MIDI Decode Gate -> ADSR Gate.
  4. Oscillator Signal -> VCA Signal.
  5. ADSR Envelope -> VCA CV.
  6. VCA Audio -> Audio Output Audio In.

Unison

Unison stacks several detuned copies of the same note for a thick, wide sound. It is still one played note, not authored polyphony.

Use it to fatten a mono lead or bass:

  • Unison Voices sets how many copies.
  • Unison Detune spreads them in pitch.
  • Unison Spread widens them in the stereo field.

Beta Scope

Polyphony Zones and instrument/effect group templates remain in the patch model for compatibility, but their authoring entry points are disabled for beta builds. Existing internal patches can still exercise compatibility paths; customer-facing docs and UI should not direct users to create new zones.