Because vmodsynth is mostly a toy and not a professional audio tool, there is a number of users who expect it to work out of the box on any Linux distro, without preconfiguring . However, if pulseaudio is in charge, and vmodsynth defaults to ALSA output, the latency may become audible, output routines may have problems catching up, and generally the synchronization becomes a significant trouble.
This could be fixed by implementing a native pulseaudio output driver. A quick peek at the docs suggests it shouldn't be much trouble, and it would probably ensure better toy-level integration with a common audio system.
Because vmodsynth is mostly a toy and not a professional audio tool, there is a number of users who expect it to work out of the box on any Linux distro, without preconfiguring . However, if pulseaudio is in charge, and vmodsynth defaults to ALSA output, the latency may become audible, output routines may have problems catching up, and generally the synchronization becomes a significant trouble. This could be fixed by implementing a native pulseaudio output driver. A quick peek at the docs suggests it shouldn't be much trouble, and it would probably ensure better toy-level integration with a common audio system.