{"id":1706136,"date":"2012-03-20T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=1706136"},"modified":"2012-03-20T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T15:11:25","slug":"roland-e-20-managing-polyphony","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/roland-e-20-managing-polyphony\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland E-20 Managing Polyphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The polyphony is actually considered 32 Partials of polyphony and if every <br \/>sound used only one partial it would be able to play back 32 notes. <br \/>Unfortunately, many instrument sounds use 2 layered Partials per note. 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