You can also define a lot of the global statements inside an instrument.
I think most things, except sr, kr, ksmps, nchnls, and 0dbfs could be
put anywhere,
and I routinely put all FLTK code inside an instrument and keep that
instrument "always on".
Oeyvind

2008/10/30 Joseph Sanger <joe@bbeikaiwa.com>:
> Hi there list,
>
> I was wondering... Does orchestra header code have to appear BEFORE the
> instruments, or is it OK provided it appears outside an instrument block?
> (e.g. between instrument blocks or after).
>
> I'm working on something that compiles a csound orchestra from a set of
> macros, and I was thinking of something like an FLTK instrument, where it
> would be handy if the header code could appear next to the instrument code,
> but perhaps after other instrument blocks.
>
> It's probably only slightly more complicated to work around it if not, but I
> couldn't find an answer in the manual.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Joe
>
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