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Line 1: Many synthesisers and specifically most [[modular synthesizer\|modular synths]] are '''monophonic''' -– only one note can be played at a given time, and any new notes will either interrupt the previous or will not trigger until the previous has played.▼ ~~[[File:Polyphonic.gif\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Polyphony]]~~ ~~[[File:Paraphonic.gif\|200px\|thumb\|center\|Paraphony]]~~ ~~[[File:Static chord.gif\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Static Chord]]~~ == References == {{From Mod Wiggler Wiki\|Monophony}} [[Category:Glossary]] ▲Many synthesisers and specifically most modular synths are monophonic - only one note can be played at a given time, and any new notes will either interrupt the previous or will not trigger until the previous has played. ~~Polyphony: multiple independent voices simultaneously.~~ ~~Paraphony: multiple notes or voices but not true polyphony because the voices are not completely independent due to sharing some common element(s) such as just one filter shaping all voices together.~~ Static Chords: A solution, though somewhat reduced in function, to achieve a degree of pseudo-polypohony for those with no polyphonic control source is to use multiple oscillators tuned to different root notes to provide a 'static chord' - for example, three oscillators tuned to the root, minor third and perfect fifth will produce a minor chord, but these pitch intervals will remain fixed regardless of cv input, the chord only being transposed as the pitch cv is altered.