Re: [iiwusynth-devel] What I'm planning to do with iiwusynth

[Anthony Green]

On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 01:28, Peter Hanappe wrote:
> However, I had the same question as Josh: why several synths?
> I don't mean this in a negative sense. I'm just curious to know what
> kind of setup you have in mind that needs many synths.
> Do you have anything running, yet?

Are there any drawbacks to multiple synths?

I'm using iiwusynth as a plugin synth, with my own portaudio and
portmidi drivers.  I'm creating one synth instance per instrument, which
seemed to be the simplest approach for me.  When my audio driver asks
for data, I just iterate through all my instruments (some iiwusynths,
and some not) to mix all the data together.  It's simple, and works
well.  I think that sharing one synth instance might complicate the
code.  Are there any advantages?

AG