But Behringer have named their synth the Poly D, not the Polyphonic D so what is the problem 
I guess I’d prefer Para-D 
Where is Uli? he should drop in , make a public statement about this. Is it to affordable to call it praphonic ?
In case you missed it; they call it Analog 4-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer on their web site.
And being an old fart, I have no problem with this synth being called polyphonic.
I suspect if this was a Moog product people would not be so pedantic.
what marc doty graciously gives to …
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… cut$
he frames this debate compellingly though 
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Editor cut?
you clearly make more money by having more videos and screened minutes, but there were some passages in that 16 part documentary which were absurdly short to turn around, and those were all book-ended by absurdly long intros and outros - it’s the modern way, but some folk aren’t taking the content and splicing it up so much
i was into his content/style but i find that it’s overly engineered towards padding out time on youtube - it’s a bit waffly and not that enlightening on e.g. the MicroFreak series which is strung out (and then some) - it’s like a series of unboxing videos where the learning is in real time, not too informative
However, he’s redeemed himself with his abridged video on this and the detail in the linked series - i think he has the authority/credibility to state what he does, it’s a well reasoned argument and he explains the times and places where the use of the terms started to slip - there is a marketing-man element to this, i think it’s good that he’s being a pedant for the right nomenclature and is offering considered options (i.e. variophonic)
so I made my point badly by doing what i dislike about these, but the content in this series is top notch - his videos on a couple of other monos were sufficiently enlightening to tip me over the edge, so i do appreciate his contributions - not a fan of the style, nor the rather tran$parent ‘editorial’ decisions which other channels don’t seem to rely upon doing to thrive - he seems a sound guy though and he can put up content any way he pleases
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Men. With beards. Pontificating on youtube. Monetized videos. Maximum time minimum useful information.
There are lots of them, especially in anything niche, synthesizers, beekeeping, leatherwork, diy timber kiln building, etc.
Some of them hide behind the word ‘tutorial’.
In anycase, lets say we have a minilogue, and a Behringer Poly D (substitute Korg Mono/Poly if you wish.) Play some chords on each instrument. There is a very obvious difference in how the instruments play, what word do you want to use to describe that difference?
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I would say the mono/poly has funny notes… mostly like regular notes but a little funny. From here on all paraphonic synths shall be called funnypoly synths. My pro 2 is slightly less funny but still funny.
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I agree. A bearded man can pontificate as long as he wants about this history of polyphony. It’s completely meaningless to the debate because language is a social construct not a technically specific or even accurate construct. If a majority of people think that a paraphonic synth is fundamentally different to a poly then it becomes so in time.
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