60 Tone Patch Programming Although the JV/XP synths are limited to patches with a maximum of four tone, because Performance mode allows 16 Parts (of which 15 may all be assigned to non-drum [Rhythm Kit] patches ON THE SAME MIDI CHANNEL), a virtual patch of (15*4) 60 simutaneous TONES may be used and controlled/played in realtime with 15 separtate Part settings even if the same Patch is used for each Part! In other words, you can go "beyond" the effects routing source and destinations "limitations" of a Patch besides having different Part parameters for, among others, coarse and fine tuning, levels of volume, panning, chorus, reverb, "TVP", TVF, and TFA. Of course, to REALLY go "beyond" that, you could have 15 DIFFERENT patches layered on the same MIDI channel for "monstrous" patch programming possibilities. One such possibility is a "supper" additive synthesis patch of upto 60 harmonics although only of ONE note polyphony .