Yep! When changing VOICE's (we don't call them tones) the generator chips and processing within the synth has to clear out the old voice generation and free up the generators for the new selections. As fast as the processors are, gaps can occur.
Some of the higher end synths are much faster or have so many generators available and processing power that they can do a more orderly transistion.
I am not sure how many generators the JUNO has, but tyoically two are used for every note being keyed. The specs say 128 note polyphony which should be the number of generators... HOWEVER they say these are SHARED with the audio track section. Layering of voices will also divide the number of available generators.
A lot of the arranger keyboards are NOT intended to be played LIVE and as a result transistions of voices are not done on the fly smoothly.
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Yep! When changing VOICE's (we don't call them tones) the generator chips and processing within the synth has to clear out the old voice generation and free up the generators for the new selections. As fast as the processors are, gaps can occur.
Some of the higher end synths are much faster or have so many generators available and processing power that they can do a more orderly transistion.
I am not sure how many generators the JUNO has, but tyoically two are used for every note being keyed. The specs say 128 note polyphony which should be the number of generators... HOWEVER they say these are SHARED with the audio track section. Layering of voices will also divide the number of available generators.
A lot of the arranger keyboards are NOT intended to be played LIVE and as a result transistions of voices are not done on the fly smoothly.