polyphonic

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The synth is 32 note polyphonic, and all parameters can be controlled by MIDI controllers.

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  1. adjective Music Of, relating to, or characterized by polyphony.
  2. adjective Linguistics Having two or more phonetic values.

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  • Being massively polyphonic, he could carry on a conversation with me on the headphone loop while simultaneously being played and narrating for the jury on their circuit. —  MFSF,January2005
  • The 3 3G Motorola V3x RAZR combines "polyphonic" ringtones with MP3 technology. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The SX-210 is also 8 voice polyphonic, and can be used at 8 single voice, 4 dual voice and 1 eight voice configurations, which means you can stack all 8 oscillators into a one fat lead sound or a mega power chord lead! —  MATRIXSYNTH
  • •Sound: 64-bit tone polyphonic, MP3-ringtones, MP3 player, built-EQ
  • Nokia 3120 Classic has good ring tone option with polyphonic, MP3 and AAC ring tones. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. = French polyphonique = Portuguese polyphonico; as polyphon-ous + -ic.
 

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/pɑlɪˈfɑnɪk/
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