MORE Misa Triwave / Quadwave Basics (Part 2) - Monophony, polyphony, and holding/droning notes

Did you know you can hold drone notes on a Triwave or Quadwave and play on top of them? And why is each string monophonic? This is part 2 in a series on Misa Triwave / Quadwave fundamentals!

Featuring: Ableton Live, Native Instruments Massive and Xfer Records Serum.

Video Content

00:00 Intro
00:03 Monophony vs polyphony
01:23 Playing notes
02:06 Multi-channel monophony
03:16 Holding ("droning") notes
03:46 Demo 1
04:34 Demo 2

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