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danatkorg · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject:

EvilDragon is mostly correct, except that multiple cores are used for voices.

Here's an updated attempt at a pithy description of voice allocation and max number of voices:

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A portion of the multicore processor in KRONOS is devoted to generating voices, and a separate portion is devoted to generating effects. KRONOS dynamically allocates the voice processing power between the engines as necessary. The quoted maximum numbers of voices apply when 100% of the voice processing power is devoted to a single engine.

In rare cases, when a large number of processor-intensive effects are active simultaneously (for instance, more than 14 O-Verbs), polyphony may be slightly reduced.

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Hope this helps!

- Dan
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danatkorg · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject:

X-Trade · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't reccommend completely getting rid of the effects. Korg does have some pretty high quality effects which are often an integral part of the sound - not really 'effects' as much as an extension to the synthesis chain, for example amp/drive simulation for specific guitar sounds, etc.

I don't think what you are asking is possible, although when you run many of the more 'hungry' effects, they do cut into the polyphony. It has already been confirmed that in normal operation the effects do not cut into polyphony at all, but for example with 12 or more 'O-Verb' effects loaded polyphony does start to drop.
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EvilDragon · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject:

Ah - that Atom CPU inside uses hyper-threading, so that's "more cores", right? Smile

danatkorg · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:45 pm Post subject:

EvilDragon · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject:

Figures. Thanks for the info, Dan!

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