Voices Polyphony

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Zynthian Polyphony

Hi @Locutus ! RBPi has limitations, as it’s an ARM processor (RISC) and doesn’t have the performance of an Intel/AMD processor (CISC). To be more specific: Linuxsampler (SFZ) is quite CPU-eager. The version currently included in Zynthian is limited to 21 voices, that is not too much. You could increase this limit, but at risk of getting XRUNs. FluidSynth (SF2) is a better choice for achiving high polyphony. Default limit for FluidSynth is set to 256 and i never had problems. I’m pret…