Korg Soundlink DRS OASYS PCI User Manual page 93

Reference
High Velocity
1 to 127. This is the highest MIDI velocity to which the Patch will respond. All notes
with velocities above the High Velocity will be ignored. When this parameter is
selected, you can set it by playing on your MIDI controller.
Voice Allocation
Polyphonic, Poly Physical, Poly Retrig, Poly Reuse, Mono Legato, Mono Retrig,
Unison. The Voice Allocation parameter determines how the Patch responds to
new notes, and how voices are stolen when the maximum number of voices is
exceeded.
Note that the Patch's algorithm design affects the way that the Patch responds to
the different Voice Allocation settings. Some Patches may not work properly with
certain settings.
Polyphonic. This is the default setting; you can play as many voices as the
algorithm allows, up to the number set in the Voices parameter. When new notes
are played, or when voice-stealing is necessary, the oldest voices will be discarded.
If a single note is played repeatedly, each key-press starts a new voice. For example,
if you are repeatedly hitting a crash cymbal, the crashes will overlap, each going
through its full decay and release.
Poly Physical. This is the same as Polyphonic, except for one important detail:
when re-striking a note which is being held with the sustain pedal, the current
voice will be re-used. For some specifically-designed physical modelling Patches,
this will make the re-struck note sound different from the previous note.
For instance, in the real world, when you strike a cymbal twice in a row, the second
strike makes a different sound than the first; it adds energy to the previous crash,
and the sound becomes more intense.
Patches must be specifically designed to take advantage of this allocation setting.
Poly Retrig. This is similar to Polyphonic, above, except that when a new note is
played, the most recently played available voices will be chosen. This is intended to
be used in conjunction with analog-style polyphonic portamento, allowing one
chord to slide into another. You can even play a lead line while holding down a
chord, and the lead line will have proper note-to-note portamento.
(This option does not turn on portamento by itself; that must be done in the Patch,
and the Patch itself must also support portamento.)
Poly Reuse. This mode models the voice allocation of a classic "prophetic" analog
synth. When a note is played, if there is any voice that was last triggered by that
note, then that voice will be used. The envelopes of re-used notes will reflect the
previous state, instead of re-starting from scratch. Unlike Poly Physical, it doesn't
matter if the voice is being sustained, or still making sound of any kind.
Mono Legato. Only one voice will play at a time. When notes are played with
legato phrasing–so that the next note is started before the previous one is released–
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