[timidity-talk] Re: is there a reason why MAX_VOICES is not higher than 256?

[SATO K. <ke...@ps...>]

Eric A. Welsh <ew...@cc...> wrote:

> I do not see any places where it is used as a uint8.

which can't hold 256 :-)

> I have tried changing DEFAULT_VOICES
> and MAX_VOICES to 999, and it appears to work just fine.  Does anyone
> think this is a bad idea?  Should DEFAULT_VOICS and MAX_VOICES be set to
> 999 instead of 256?

On Japanese list, there was a similar proposal by, IINW, the two users
in the past, which Izumo-san replied that the current (2002/1/18)
implementation limits 256 voices at the max. (cf. (timidity 1065))
I don't know what limits MAX_VOICE to 256 in practice, but reading
the source and considering your post, it seems to be a matter of
memory and/or execution efficiency that the users rarely need more
than 256 voices.

BTW, I don't think it appropriate to limit the maximum value
depending on the particular interfaces.
...or maybe I just want to hang on ^2 value :-)

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