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OM-Modalys voice in xylophone - patch mistake

Hi !

In the classical example “voice in xylo” there is a patch mistake.

There is a control that sets the balance between bar and resonator. In the part of the calculation where resonator gain is done the parameters has been reversed ending up in a negative gain. Negative gains are accpeted by Modalys, but I believe it will the absolute value which is applied. From the original Lisp code of “voice in xylo” the balance is calculated (1-balance), not (balance-1) which gives two different results. However it won’t differ much, since the actual output volume of the bar is very much bigger than the resonator so you won’t hear the resonator in either case. For a true balance the gain for the resonator must be upscaled. You can verify that by putting output channel of second point-output to 1 (creating a two channel output file with bar and resonator separated in each channel).

Here is a corrected patch where balance work properly that maybe should be included in future releases?

Kindly Hans Peter

voice in xylo - corrected.omp (35.7 KB)