> Thanks for info, I didn't know. Who knows why key assign
> algorithm is like this, maybe some kind of technical
> limitation? I don't see any logical reason why on 8 voice
> instrument one voice shouldn't play except when 8 keys are pressed.
The 7 voice rotation appeared on the GX1 poly ranks.
The GX has a switch mounted inside to disable the use of the 8th voice, even
if multiple voices are in use.
The aim of that was to allow you to continue using the synth even if a voice
card failed - you could just swap the bad card into the voice 8 position and
set the switch to 7 voices.
I don't know if the CS has the same option, it may be they just used the
logic straight from the GX KAS chips.
Another benefit of the 7 voice rotation is that minor differences between
the sounds of each voice card don't tend to cycle so obviously.
Cheers,
Colin