strange issue on my new NDLR

[itdmusic]

Hello,

I just received a new NDLR and upon starting to learn it found a strange issue
It is related to the change of the pad notes - the range parameter, and then
moving to different chords.

I have the NDLR connected to the computer and using a sequencer and a software synth
and I am recording the midi input that comes from the NDLR into the sequencer.

The p-chains parameter is set to 1, so all the notes should be sent to only 1 midi channel.

The issue is occurring when increasing notes for the pad (the range parameter) and then changing chords.

I started with 3 notes, then increase to 4, change chords, works fine, 
then increase to 5, right away I see an additional note, so has 5
but then when I change chord it play a 3 note chord
then I decrease the notes back to 4 and now it is playing 4 notes
then I repeat the whole thing and the same issue.

Firmware is 2.0.011 (I did not update to the newer one)

I discovered that this happens when the spread is 2 or above
when it is 1 and I increase notes, it always work (I went upto 7 notes)

I am attaching a screenshot of the midi recording with an explanation
of each step I did, and would like to ask about this strange issue.

Thank you

[racecube]

I guess this is the mystic "spread" feature.
Manual says:
If there are 4 or less notes being
played they will always be stacked in thirds. Otherwise there are 5 settings,:
1) stacked by thirds,
2) root only in bass octaves, open voicing in mid-low octaves, closed voicing in mid-high octaves,
& root only in high octaves,
3) root only in bass octaves and closed voicing in 4th octave,
4) 70%
chance for any Pad note to be played,
5) root only in bass octaves, root and 5ths above, 6) root
only in bass octaves, 3rds or 7ths above.

[Darryl]

Good answer Racecube. Spread would certainly be a factor if it's not set to SPD:1. The number of notes in the PAD isn't fixed, it can also vary with the chord and chord type, key and mode.
Understand that this could be troublesome if you were trying to make specific chords, but we designed it to play Pad type patches rather than as a generic chord player and it does voicing tricks to sound good in that context.