[LAD] Selectable limit for polyphony of virtual synth

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi programmers of virtual synthesizers :)

more than an hour ago I wiped of the dust of my old Oberheim to make 
soundfonts of some basses, but some pad sounds captivated me. The 
Oberheim is limited by 6-voice polyphony, resp. this isn't a limitation 
for those sounds. Virtual synth often tend to make the mix muddy, when 
playing pad sounds, because the polyphony isn't limited, every released 
note is able to end the complete release decay. For the Oberheim some 
notes are cut, while the wanted notes still can play the release decay.

A selectable limit for polyphony might be a feature, that should become 
more common again, not only for virtual analog synthesizers.

I know that e.g. fluidsynth-dssi has a global setting for polyphony, but 
the problem with this is, that it has impact to all used fluidsynth-dssi 
plugins.

Cheers,
Ralf