Environment variables inside SynthDef

[jamshark70]

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NamedControl: a better way to write SynthDef arguments

i had posted an earlier version of this to the list, but that was during the dark ages between the nabble shutdown and the creation of this forum. reposting so that more people see it, since this is sort of a PSA. the prominent way of writing SynthDefs that you’ve learned in tutorials looks like this: SynthDef(\sine, { |freq = 440, amp = 0.1, out = 0| Out.ar(out, SinOsc.ar(freq) * amp); }).add; if you’re curious about what’s going on under the hood with this method, SynthDef.new event…

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