Creating Layers

Brute PolyBrute
#1

Hi
Ive watched many videos on layering on the Polybrute.
What I want to do is typical layering, i.e. layer patch 1 with 9,
layer patch 3 with patch 33. is this possible?
Thanks
Derm

#2

The PB only ever plays a single patch, but every patch has an A and B sound, as you probably know.

Layer mode in the PB means that the patch plays in its A version in one layer and a version morphed between A and B according to the Morph setting in the other layer. Thus you can hear both sound A and a morph between A and B simultaneously.

You can read more about the Split mode in the Manual chapter “5.4.2. Timbrality”.

If you want to layer sounds from two different patches, you need to enter the Morph Mode by pressing the Morph button near the matrix. In this mode you can perform a “Pick B” operation that imports the A or B sound from another patch into the B sound for the current patch. When doing this, the effects settings from the current patch will be retained. If more than 64 different mod slots were used in total for the current A sound and the imported A or B sound, the Pick B function does “the best it can” when merging the mod slots (patches don’t usually use that many mod slots, so that’s not normally an issue).

You can read more about the Pick B function in the Manual chapter “10.5.2.1. Pick B”.

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#3

Thank you for that Dr. Justice. That’s certainly what I was trying to do and couldnt find under any discusion or video on layers.
I’m delighted to have this powerful option. Im not yet sure however, if the 12o clock position on the morph knob is a blend of two sounds or a layer of them.
I think its a blend.

#4

Yes, for a normal patch (non layer or split) the Morph knob is a blend between sound A and B (still a single sound, but every parameter is interpolated between their A and B settings), and the extreme left and right is the pure A and B sounds.

#5

Are there any video tutorials we can find on this exact option for Splits and Layers on Polybrute 12 ? When you say pick a new preset, does this mean we could actually use two different presets in a bi timbral mode ?

#6

I don’t know of any video tutorials specifically for this. Here’s an example of something you can do to get two timbres:

  1. Select a patch you want for the A timbre (ref. point 3 if you actually want the B timbre). Let’s call this patch “X” for referencing.
  2. Select Layer or Split mode, depending on what you want.
  3. Press the Morph button by the matrix to enter the “Morph mode” that lets you manage the A and B sounds (BTW, this is how you set switched parameters differently for a an B, by selecting Edit A or Edit B. Here you can also swap the A and B sounds if you need to).
  4. Select “Pick B” and browse to the patch, let’s call it “Y”, you want the A or B sound from and select that.
  5. Exit “Morph” by pressing e.g. “Mod”.
  6. Set the Morph knob all the way to B so that the upper part or second layer is fully morphed to the B sound.
  7. Now patch “X” plays in the lower half or the first layer and the A or B that you picked from patch “Y” plays in the upper half or the second layer.

It may seem a little fiddly at first, but when you’ve gone through it it’ll hopefully make more sense. The A and B sounds go through the same FX, so be aware of that.

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#7

Hi DrJustice,
Many thanks to you, I’ll give this a go. Cheers

#8

I had to give up, Arturia could have and should make this so much easier just to pick two sounds is a huge pain.

I wonder if Arturia could make this a more simple option for layering/splits etc.