3.5.5. Polyphony or unison

A Polyphony Zone gives each note its own voice. Unison combines two or more oscillators that play the same pitch with a small detune. You can build that thickness with two Oscillators. Then put the pair inside a Zone when you want the same sound on every note of a chord.

1. Add two Oscillators and a Mix.
2. Connect the same MIDI Decode Pitch output to both Oscillator Pitch input sockets.
3. Set one Oscillator’s Detune (Ct) slider to minus seven cents and the other to plus seven cents.
4. Connect their Signal output sockets to the Mix Input A and Input B sockets. Then connect Mix to your voice’s Filter or VCA.
5. Compare the sound with one Oscillator. Put the whole voice inside a Polyphony Zone to play chords.

Result: two detuned oscillators thicken one note; a Zone gives each chord note its own pair.

Both Oscillators share one base pitch. Detune spreads their frequencies either side of it. Unison describes that layering; polyphony describes the number of independent notes the patch can play. Use both together to give each chord note its own thick voice. The two ideas still stay distinct.