### Author:  [@DaveH](https://forum.juce.com/u/DaveH)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/1 "2018-11-13T16:59:59Z")
Hi, I’m trying to emulate a hardware synth I own, and I noticed that it uses a different voice every time I press the same key.
Juce on the other hand wants to use same voice if I repeatedly press a key.
I’ve got around this a little hackerly, being new to the voice stuff:-
```auto
bool canPlaySound(SynthesiserSound *sou) override
{
sound = dynamic_cast(sou);
if (adsr1.getState() != ADSR::idle || sound == nullptr)
return false;
return true;
}
```
…Which basically says I can’t use this voice because the envelope is still being used.
But it throws an assert when it can’t play anything.
Is there a more ready to use method of selecting a different voice every key press?
Thanks.
Dave
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### Author:  [@alibarker](https://forum.juce.com/u/alibarker)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/2 "2018-11-13T17:17:42Z")
How about overriding the Synthesiser::noteOn method so it does roughly the same thing except removes the following lines of code:
```
// If hitting a note that's still ringing, stop it first (it could be
// still playing because of the sustain or sostenuto pedal).
for (auto* voice : voices)
if (voice->getCurrentlyPlayingNote() == midiNoteNumber && voice->isPlayingChannel (midiChannel))
stopVoice (voice, 1.0f, true);
```
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### Author:  [@DaveH](https://forum.juce.com/u/DaveH)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/3 "2018-11-13T18:31:09Z")
Oh thanks, I guess I do need to look into the Juce synth code at some point anyhow.
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### Author:  [@railjonrogut](https://forum.juce.com/u/railjonrogut)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/4 "2018-11-14T00:33:33Z")
Rather in your noteOn use findFreeVoice() to send it a voice as the first parameter to startVoice()
Rail
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### Author:  [@DaveH](https://forum.juce.com/u/DaveH)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/5 "2019-02-26T09:13:45Z")
Just as a catch-up, all I had to was override ‘isVoiceActive’ in the voice itself, and return true if the ADSR is still running.
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### Author:  [@gerdb](https://forum.juce.com/u/gerdb)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/voice-stealing-when-the-same-note-is-pressed/30344/6 "2026-09-28T14:16:49Z")
Thanks, that works really well.