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[[File:Paraphonic_patch.gif|thumb|right|400px|Patch for paraphony.
[[File:Paraphonic_patch.gif|thumb|right|400px|Patch for paraphony.
<span style="color:#00ff00"> Green </span> is a gate signal.
*<span style="color:#00ff00">Green</span> is a gate signal.
<span style="color:#ff8c00"> Orange </span> is a contoured cv such as an envelope, slewed or random cv.
*<span style="color:#ff8c00">Orange</span> is a contoured cv such as an envelope, slewed or random cv.
<span style="color:#00ffff"> Cyan </span> is the amplitude/VCA block.
*<span style="color:#00ffff">Cyan</span> is the amplitude/VCA block.
<span style="color:#ff00ff"> Magenta </span> is the filter block.
*<span style="color:#ff00ff">Magenta</span> is the filter block.
<span style="color:#dc143c"> Brick Red </span> is the pitch signal and pitch block.
*<span style="color:#dc143c">Red</span> is the pitch signal and pitch block.
<span style="color:#800080"> Purple </span> is the waveshaping block.
*<span style="color:#800080">Purple</span> is the waveshaping block.
<span style="color:#0000ff"> Blue </span> is audio.]]
*<span style="color:#0000ff">Blue</span> is audio.]]
'''Paraphony''' is a more economical solution than [[polyphony]]. Multiple notes or voices can be played, but there will not be 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.
'''Paraphony''' is a more economical solution than [[polyphony]]. Multiple notes or voices can be played, but there will not be 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.