Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

I just wrote a quick test of what happens when you play hundreds of
oscillators. Thanks to nqpoly4, its quite easy. Basically, I wrote
a simple patch that detunes the oscillator based on instance number.
So you get hundreds of oscillators slightly detuned around a center
frequency. The PowerMac G5 2.3GHz that I am on right now could
handle 900 instances cleanly.

Strangely, 900 is just about the max. I can do cleanly, too. MacBook Pro 2 Ghz Core Duo. Processor load never goes above 60% at 900 oscillators, but it starts to get noisy above that. Maybe there's some arbitrary threading limit around 900? I'm curious what results non-OS X systems produce. I'll check it on the Windows side of this laptop tomorrow if I get a chance.

Nice sound, especially using note numbers in the 20's.

Phil