[linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor

[Steve Harris]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 10:21:23PM -0800, Brad Arant wrote:
> For what it is worth, some synths employ a lowest volume algorithm instead
> of least recently used. Sometimes a voice may be sounding even if it is the
> oldest and strange voice stealing effects can be heard (we have all heard
> it). This is of course based pon and tied to an output envelope generator of
> some type. Stealing the softest signal is much less noticable but much
> harder to implement.

Its not just fed off the envelope generator, its much more complex than
that I think (I referred to it earlier), that technique cant really be
used in modular systems as you have no way of predicting what the
behaviour of the voice is, or what the user is using the envelope modules
for.

- Steve