On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:10:09PM +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > Actually it quickly became obvious that for a host to construct a > > useful GUI the plugin has to at least hint at some ranges. > > Yes, *hint*.
Yes, I agree with you entirly on this point. > > > the RT engine - *unless* you decide on a number of VVIDs to > > > allocate for each Channel of every plugin, right when they're > > > instantiated. > > > > That sound most sensible. The instrument has to allocate voice > > table space, so there is likly to be an internal (soft) limit > > anyway. > > Yes... But keep in mind that there is no strict relation between > Physical Voices and Virtual Voices. A synth with only 32 voices may > be played with 8 VVIDs or 256 VVIDs. The number of VVIDs is decided > by the *sender*, so it can manage the polyphony it wants in a > sensible way. The synth only uses the VVIDs to keep track of which > Virtual Voice the sender is talking about - whether or not it > actually has a Physical Voice at the moment. Voice allocator in > between. OK, but I dont think that actually changes anything at the API level. - Steve
