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Each instance can play back 16 midi channels simultaneously, as long as those 16 patches are in the same soundfont file.
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Multi-timbral means using different patches on those 16 channels..
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MIDI Channels and Multitimbral Sound Modules
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Most MIDI sound modules today are "multi-timbral". This means that the module can listen to all 16 MIDI channels at once, and play any 16 of its "patches" simultaneously, with each of the 16 patches set to a different MIDI channel.
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the underlined part is thus, important.
Otherwise - the polyphony can be split between seperate channels (as is SFZ) (all thats really happening is a MIDI merge)
If this is my informed statement - I havent seen how to get them to work in multi-timbral mode.... oh - are you using the SFZ+ (the one that is not free?
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With the 32MB sample playback limit of the old Live! cards
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This is also true with my A2 (in kX) as well - but I can 'dynamically' load up to 32MB - tho I thought that was also true with lives as well
there is also a noticeable difference between kX synths and SFZ in how sample attack is performed/sounds - SFz is noticeably 'crisper' than kX Synths... tho - this isnt kX fault - its true with any Live/Audigy with CL drivers...
Tho many of my sound fonts were programmed with a purposely inserted delay in the sample to help combat this. (Ie... samples have a 5-6 sample NULL or '0' value inserted before tha actual sample starts. This was known for quite sometime (erm, I learned that from my AWE32, and has carried over since). Even still - SFZ sounds cripser.