About Dynamic Allocation - Peavey DPM V3 Owner's Manual

Now that things are up and running, check out the programs that come with
the DPM V3. They've been developed by musicians specifically for the
DPM V3 and they make some pretty nice noises.
1.5 ABOUT DYNAMIC ALLOCATION
The DPM V3 can play up to 16 voices at a time. However, each voice can consist
of two oscillators making different sounds or tuned to different pitches, allowing 16
keys to play up to 32 notes simultaneously.
lf 16 voices are playing (or sustaining) and you play a new key, this will "steal" a
voice from one of the 16 that was played. The next new voice will "steal" a se-
cond voice, and so on.
Combi programs (see section 3.14°for more information), which can layer two or
more programs, use up more voices since layering two programs halves the
number of available voices. A Combi with two layered programs allows up to
eight voices, and a Combi with four layered programs, up to four voices. A Com-
bi with three layered programs will play five voices, but if you play a sixth note
while the five are sustaining, one of the Combi programs will play the one remain-
ing voice.
Each voice in use is shown on the display as an eighth-note. This makes it easy
to see how many voices are available, which is particularly useful with sequencer-
driven multitimbral setups since they tend to use up lots of voices.
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