Alex,

I wish I has a straight forward answer for you. But I do not. Nor will you find many that do. The genesys uses in a lot of cases one note of poly for each note played, in others, mind you I don't have actual figures in front of me, but the most layers I have found as presets played at once was 3 per note. George is right you can, I believe pile as many as 16 notes of poly on one key. We have presets that have many layers which switch in and out depending on the velocity of the said note. It honestly comes down to the sound programmer. I remember the first time I heard a Kurzweil, I believe it was 8 note poly, and it was amazing, the samples were thick and rich. I must say, and not because I am with Generalmusic, but the reason I decided to join Generalmusic, is because the Programmers that make the sounds and styles are very good musicians, and not just engineers. You mentioned Kurzweil, who I am a fan of, have owned several instruments over the years made by them, they too have musicians that happen to be engineers. I find that when setting up my instrument verse other brands (this being the genesys), I don't need to use a lot of texture to create the sound I am looking for. This means I don't need to use as much poly as other brands (this excludes Kurzweil). Yes, Kurzweil has some interesting ways to handle poly that no one else seems to have... and amazingly they have been doing this for many, many years. But hey, Ray Kurzweil is a very, very brilliant man.

Is Generalmusic listening.... Yes, I am here, and Chris has been for years. I don't know what to say, listen to the instrument, play the darn thing, you will come to the same conclusion that I have, you really don't need any more poly for a big fat sound. I still look back to the days that guys like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Herrbie Hancock were playing on instruments with 1 note poly and making amazing music with them.

To sum it up, I think texture and thickness of the sound to create what you are looking for is more important than my poly is bigger than yours... Also, you seem to be pretty hip to the poly, as you may or may not be aware, some manufactures don't count poly fairly.

I honestly would love to have a simple way to measure up, but there isn't. I guess it is in the ear of the beholder.

Take Care,


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Paul Davis
Generalmusic
Generalmusic.US