The spinlocking on FilePool::emptyQueue is now integrated in the function

src/sfizz/FilePool.cpp

@@ -174,3 +174,10 @@ void sfz::FilePool::clear()
         // Pop the queue
     }
 }
+
+void sfz::FilePool::emptyFileLoadingQueue() noexcept
+{
+    emptyQueue = true;
+    while (emptyQueue)
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
+}

src/sfizz/FilePool.h

@@ -113,8 +113,13 @@ public:
      *
      */
     void clear();
-    void emptyFileLoadingQueue() noexcept { emptyQueue = true; }
+    /**
-    bool shouldEmptyQueue() const noexcept { return emptyQueue; }
+     * @brief Empty the file loading queue. This function will lock and wait
+     * for the background thread to finish its business, so don't call it from
+     * the audio thread.
+     *
+     */
+    void emptyFileLoadingQueue() noexcept;
 private:
     fs::path rootDirectory;
     struct FileLoadingInformation {

src/sfizz/Synth.cpp

@@ -533,12 +533,7 @@ void sfz::Synth::resetVoices(int numVoices)
         std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
     }
 
-    // Empty the file pool loading queue and spinlock on it
     filePool.emptyFileLoadingQueue();
-    while (filePool.shouldEmptyQueue()) {
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
-    }
-
     voices.clear();
     for (int i = 0; i < numVoices; ++i)
         voices.push_back(std::make_unique<Voice>(midiState));