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How big is YOUR polyphony?


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The main question is ... OF WHAT ... ???

 

Digital S+S (128 -- FanX7)

Analog Modelling/Variphrase (60-80) ... V-Synth 2.0/V-Synth XT/EMX, ER-1

Analog DCO (6) Juno-60

Analog VCO (6) Jupiter-6

Analog VCO with discrete components (8) Jupiter 8

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Ohh... math make my head hurt... :facepalm:

 

Motif XS: 128 (S+S)

Andy: 16 (Analog VCO)

TX802: 16 (6-op FM)

D-550: 16 (LA)

Microkorg: 4 (VA) (well, if I ever bother to hook it up)

 

So... carry the 1... I before E except after C-sharp... and I come up with...

 

176.. or 180 with the Microkorg. :D

 

Toss in a few softies and I could break 200...

 

Who voted >9000!? :eek: :poke: Whoever did, must post a sound clip of a unison patch using all 9000+ of those voices! :cop:

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:idea:

 

Voyager = 1

Moog Source = 1

Moog Minimoog = 1

Moog Taurus = 1

Memorymoog = 6

Polymoog = 71 :D

Kurzweil 100PX/1000SX/1000HX/1000GX = 24+20+20+20 = 84 :D

Oberheim OB-SX = 6

Andromeda = 16

Hammond XK3 = 122 (two 61 key manuals) :D

Hammond Porta-B = 88 (two 44 key manuals)

Vox Continental = 49

Rhodes 73 stage = 73

Yamaha P-90 = 64

 

Grand Total = 583

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I've tried that, actually!


Nice technique, but not too practical for my music and singing style, so I remain monophonic.

 

Well, let us not be hasty. Think outside the box a little...

 

1) Master throat singing

2) Run all of your vocals through Autotune (:mad:) set to maximum warp

3) ...

4) Profit!!!1!!

 

:thu:

 

Actually, I wonder what Autotune would do with a signal like that. Hrmm, someone put Jay-Z on the next flight to Tibet and book him studio time with some monks!

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People presently producing padded posts presume "polyphony" perfectly proper prattle. Probing players' personal preferences, per polls, probably precipitates present popular position.

 

Poor players ponder polyphony, peevish players pooh-pooh polyphony. Prolific professionals (presumably post-production prodigies) prefer powerful polyphony. Perhaps.

 

Perhaps public perception pertaining polyphony-poor pieces (preferring puerile production) provides proof positive popularity prefers paucity. Passable pieces proliferate. Palatable pleasures? Possibly. Provocative? Please...

 

Pompous paucity plunders Progress proper, panders Profit, prevents personality, pre-emptively punishes plurality, pleases plastic peer-starved popularity.

 

Practiced polyphony pushes the envelope, yes?

 

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Alesis Fusion 6HD ===> 272

Alesis Fusion 8HD ===> 272

Yamaha EX5r ===> 126

Alesis Micron ===> 8

Ensoniq VFX-SD ==> 21

Technics WSA1r ===> 64

Alesis Performance Pad ==> 16

Yamaha DD65 ==> 32

 

Total ==> 811 :p

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Korg Triton Extreme w MOSS: 128

EX800: 8

Roland XV5080: 128

D550: 32

MKS70: 12

MKS7: 7

NordRack2: 16

'StudioElectronics ATC-1: 1

Ensoniq ESQM: 8

Yamaha A5000: 128

An1x: 10

SY77: 32

TG77: 32

Akai S5000: 64

S2800i: 32

Waldorf Blofeld: 25

DSI Mopho: 1

TR505: 8

 

Total: 672

 

Counting in every instance the most possible polyphony (single layer, single oscillator). Not counting the possible voices coming from softsynths.

 

Multi-timbrality (how many different patches can be played at the same time):

 

Korg Triton Extreme w MOSS: 16

EX800: 1

Roland XV5080: 32

D550: 2

MKS70: 2

MKS7: 4

NordRack2: 4

'StudioElectronics ATC-1: 1

Ensoniq ESQM: 8

Yamaha A5000: 32

An1x: 2

SY77: 16

TG77: 16

Akai S5000: 16

S2800i: 16

Waldorf Blofeld: 16

DSI Mopho: 1

TR505:1

 

In total: 170 different patches/sounds at the same time

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