Using a loop inside a SynthDef

[nelsen]

I'm trying to create an echo Synthdef which produces a specifiable number of echos of the input. I've tried it like this:

[dewdrop_world]

You can't use a synthdef argument to control the number of repeats.

A synthdef is a fixed structure, but you're asking it to change its structure (increase the number of UGens) when you create a new Synth. That's not possible.

The loop runs just once because the server (which runs the synth) does not know ANYTHING about language flow-of-control constructs.

Easiest way is to create a function that generates a synthdef.

[nelsen]

Awesome, thank you!