Casio Key Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 What are the tones with 32 notes polyphony maximum on CT-X 5000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Stereo tones, piano tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casio Key Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 6:19 PM, Brad Saucier said: Stereo tones, piano tones. And if I add a DSP with mono effect to the stereo tone or stereo piano, will the polyphony of the tone increase to 64 notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 No. DSP is not related to polyphony. Polyphony is the number of samples the sound engine can playback at once. A stereo piano tone uses 2 samples per note (panned left and right) to produce stereo sound. This is why polyphony is used up at twice the rate with a stereo tone. Use a preset mono piano tone for 64 note polyphony. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casio Key Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Brad Saucier said: No. DSP is not related to polyphony. Polyphony is the number of samples the sound engine can playback at once. A stereo piano tone uses 2 samples per note (panned left and right) to produce stereo sound. This is why polyphony is used up at twice the rate with a stereo tone. Use a preset mono piano tone for 64 note polyphony. But if I add a DSP with stereo effect to the mono piano, will the polyphony of the sound continue to 64 notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casio Key Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Alex Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I found that some sounds have 1 or 2 note polyphony.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casio Key Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Just Alex said: I found that some sounds have 1 or 2 note polyphony.... Yes, Must be duophonic / duet and monophonic. tones. It is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Alex Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 So why? Hardware limitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Just Alex said: So why? Hardware limitations? Not at all. Monophonic tones are intentionally designed for a particular style of music, style of playing. They're useful as solo synth lead tones and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casio Key Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Just Alex said: So why? Hardware limitations? No, it must be simply a simulation of timbre of analog synthesizers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Alex Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 So if echoes are generated via tone generators, this has nothing to do with DSP and was well known even in 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Polyphony is the total number of samples the sound engine can playback at any given moment. It does not matter wether those samples are sustained from a previously played note or not. DSP does not use polyphony to create effects. DSP and polyphony are not related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Alex Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Yes, DSP is separate thing, but for example it is possible to imitate delay or echo by playing same notes again, without DSP use. So question is whenever casio uses DSP to generate delay/echo or holds notes to imitate them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Preset tones with delay use DSP to create the effect. This can be system delay, or a DSP insert effect. Casio calls insert effects "DSP", but both system effects and insert effects are technically using DSP (digital signal processing) to generate sound. None of this uses polyphony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmr9494 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/5/2020 at 4:56 PM, Just Alex said: I found that some sounds have 1 or 2 note polyphony.... Just out of curiosity, what's an example of a 2-note polyphonic sounds? I've come across some of the monophonic ones in the Synth1 and Synth2 categories .. (I like it actually, it feels more like a genuine emulation of some of the classic synths). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Yes, it's mainly synth sounds designed to emulate the classic monophonic synths. Casio has featured a mono mode on many recent models. The MZ-X500 has a mono mode in it's synth engine. The XW series synths have an entire category of sounds dedicated to mono synth, called the "solo synth" tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Some of the old analog synths were "duophonic"-could play 2 notes at once-this was big deal way back before multi-timbral synths became possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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