How Much Polyphony Does My Digital Piano Need?
This is a good question to ask when considering buying a digital piano. It doesn’t matter how good your digital piano sounds or feels if you keep losing notes during play. So what’s the polyphony note count for you? Here’s how to figure it out. What are you going to use the digital piano for? If you need a digital piano that emulates an acoustic piano for simple practice purposes, then you’ll probably be fine with 32 note polyphony. In the rare case that you start losing notes with sustain pedal usage you may not be able to notice it. Digital pianos use algorithms to determine which notes to drop off if the max note count is reached. Often times they will pick notes that could be dropped without the listener easily noticing. So the bad news is if you reach your max polyphony you will lose notes. The good news is that you may not notice. Sequencing and Layering If you are going to record multiple tracks on your digital piano go ahead and get a higher note polyphony. Every time you add a
