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About
Maximum
Polyphony
and
Part
Priority
Concerning
Maximum
Polyphony
The
GS
Sound
Generator ran
produce 28
voices,
while
the
Organ Sound
Generator provides another
28.
This
makes
the
instrument
capable
ol
playing
a total ol
58 polyphonic
notes.
Keep
in
mind, however,
that
the
GS
Sound
Generator
will
olten require
two
\oice>
to
produce
one
Tone,
while
the
Organ Sound
(
ienerator
<
an use
up
to
tour
voir es
when
producing
a
single
Organ
Tone.
So,
it
all
the
Tones you were
playing
used
multiple
vou
e>-
in
this
way, vou would
in
reality
only be able
to
obtain
14 polyphonic
notes with
a
GS
Tone,
and
7
it
you were
using
all
Organ
Tones.
Additionally,
if
you
are
making
use
of the
Ke\
Mode
feature,
you
will
be
using
two
or three
voices
at
the
same
time, so the
number
ol
polyphonic
notes
that
t
an be
a<
hioved
will
be
altered.
For
details
on
how
voir es
are
used
with
specific
Tones,
please see the
"Tone
Chart"
<•"
p.
86).
About
Part
Priority
When
the
number
ol
voices
being simultaneously
sounded exceeds
the
limits
of the instrument,
priority
is
given
to
the
newer
notes,
at
the
expense
of
ones
that
ha\e been sounding
longer.
The
older notes are tan-
celled
out,
in
order,
starting
with
the oldest ones.
The
W-50
follows
a
Part priority
system
which
is
set
up
so the
Part
having
the
least
priority will
be
the
one
that
has
to
stop
producing
sound
first.
Then,
if
necessary,
the next
least
important
Part will
fall
silent
—
and
so
forth
up
through
the order
of
priority.
Keep
this
system
of priority
in
mind
when
deciding
on which
Parts
to
use
for
your
music.
Concerning
Part
Priority
Ordering
When
the
number
of
voices
being
sounded
exceeds
the
W-50's
maximum
polyphony,
priority
is
given
to
producing
the
most
recent
sounds.
Those
that
have
already
been sounding
for a
while
will
be
cut,
in
order,
beginning with
those
that
have been sounding
the
longest.
Additionally, the
W-50
follows
a priority
order-
ing
system
which
governs
the
sounding
of
Parts.
Parts
that
have been
given
lesser priority will
be
the
ones
that
have
to
stop
producing
sound
first.
For
this
reason,
vou should
take
a Part's
order
of priority into
con-
sideration
when
assigning
it
for
use
in
songs.
Note Sounding
Priority
Order
1
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6
7
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Part
Number
101
234
5
6789
11
12
13
14
15
16
When
you have
Parts that definitely
must be sounded,
use the
Voice
Reserve
function
(*-
p.
43, 45)
to
reserve the
necessary
number
of voices
for
them.
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