Re: [LAD] Selectable limit for polyphony of virtual synth

hollunder@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> One obvious question there is:
> what should the synth do when it reaches the limit?
> There are several things that are possible and afaik implemented in
> synths. It could drop the first note played, or the highest, or ...

Well, that's called voice stealing. Most synths do it, if they don't
have dynamic voice allocation. Usually, you assign voices in a round
robin manner, and the oldest note has to go when you're running out of
voices.

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Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
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