Part 20
Introducing Polyphony
True polyphonic synthesizers allocate multiple independent voices to play chords. A voice allocator assigns incoming notes to free voices, and when all voices are busy, voice stealing reclaims the oldest to play the new note.
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Use your computer keyboard (ASDF row = white keys, WER row = black keys) to hold chords and hear voice allocation. Exceed the voice count to trigger stealing.