Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, aeon <aeonlux@a...> wrote:
> No...Kurzweils can add layers to a single voice, and it does not 
take away
> from polyphony...you get 24/48 (depending on the model) voices, 
each with
> 1-3 sample-based layers.

I don't believe this is correct. If my memory serves me, the K2000 
series has 24 voice polyphony (like you said) and up to 96 
oscillators - up to 4 oscillators per voice. However, only one of 
those oscillators can contain a sample, the other three can only be 
simple waveforms (i.e., sawtooth).

If you have a program with more than one layer (each layer capable of 
playing a different sample), that will reduce polyphony. On the 
K2000, a 3 layer voice will reduce your polyphony from 24 to 8.

The K2500 has double the polyphony and oscillators of the K2000.

-Brian