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Originally posted by The Pro:

Still has that "generous" 62-note polyphony!


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Jim,

I share your sentiment. It makes you wonder why someone would build a Rolls Royce but put a 3-cylinder engine in it.


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I still have yet to run out of notes with my PA80 after some 2 and half years with it. After asking several times, I still haven't seen anyone else come forward to say they have either.

The point being is specs are a good measuring tool but often don't tell much of the true story. How the ployphony is allocated is just as large a part of the story as the amount of poly, but the kb manufacturers don't list that with the specs.

I am sure that if I play a lot of sustained notes on the ES on let's say a deep string patch with several different samples, even with it's 128 notes of poly, it will run out of notes before my PA80 * 62 poly ) does when playing those same notes.

AJ