Depending on how HUGE the SndBuf files are, I have often loaded all of the files sequentially at the beginning, before I make any sound at all, into a single SndBuf, not to play them, but to get them into the cache. Then when the time comes to truly load them, they can be zero-disk loads. If they’re too big, this won’t work of course because you’ll exhaust your cache.
PRC > On Jul 2, 2020, at 2:19 PM, chuck-users-requ...@lists.cs.princeton.edu wrote: > > Send chuck-users mailing list submissions to > chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chuck-users-requ...@lists.cs.princeton.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chuck-users-ow...@lists.cs.princeton.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chuck-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Machine.add() and me.yield() (mike clemow) > 2. Re: Machine.add() and me.yield() (Michael Heuer) > 3. Re: Machine.add() and me.yield() (mike clemow) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 16:43:51 -0400 > From: mike clemow <michaelcle...@gmail.com> > To: ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> > Subject: [chuck-users] Machine.add() and me.yield() > Message-ID: > <CADddD5mL1NzWPVs4GgX=VPsezSUPw-01O_=iakmdfupxytd...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Greetings Chuckists, > > Looking for validation on this before I change many, many lines of code: > I'm noticing clicks and pops in running audio when I do something like this: > > Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); > Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); > Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); > Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); > > and also with Machine.remove(idNum); four times in a row. > > Question: > > Is this: > > Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); > Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); > Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); > Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); > me.yield(); > > significantly different than this: > > Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); > me.yield(); > Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); > me.yield(); > Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); > me.yield(); > Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); > me.yield(); > > ??? > > The same for sporking shreds four in a row. > > Warmly, > Mike > > -- > Michael Clemow > Artist/Composer/Sound Designer > http://michaelclemow.com > (he/him) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/attachments/20200702/af44d845/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 16:07:41 -0500 > From: Michael Heuer <heue...@gmail.com> > To: ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> > Subject: Re: [chuck-users] Machine.add() and me.yield() > Message-ID: <48b17d40-cec3-4d9f-8550-b8290db4e...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Mike, > > Since Machine.add is hitting the file system and parsing and evaluating the > ChucK scripts, it might work better to do all of that in one go when not > generating sound > > Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); > Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); > Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); > Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); > > And then later call methods to initialize them serially or in different > shreds, something like > > thingOne.start(); > thingTwo.start(); > thingThree.start(); > thingFour.start(); > > spork ~ thingOne.start(); > spork ~ thingTwo.start(); > spork ~ thingThree.start(); > spork ~ thingFour.start(); > > Hope this helps, > > michael > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: mike clemow <michaelcle...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [chuck-users] Machine.add() and me.yield() >> Date: July 2, 2020 at 3:43:51 PM CDT >> To: ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> >> Reply-To: ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> >> >> Greetings Chuckists, >> >> Looking for validation on this before I change many, many lines of code: I'm >> noticing clicks and pops in running audio when I do something like this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> >> and also with Machine.remove(idNum); four times in a row. >> >> Question: >> >> Is this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> >> significantly different than this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> >> ??? >> >> The same for sporking shreds four in a row. >> >> Warmly, >> Mike >> >> -- >> Michael Clemow >> Artist/Composer/Sound Designer >> http://michaelclemow.com <http://michaelclemow.com/>(he/him) >> _______________________________________________ >> chuck-users mailing list >> chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu >> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/attachments/20200702/e0bf2f2d/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 17:19:25 -0400 > From: mike clemow <michaelcle...@gmail.com> > To: ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> > Subject: Re: [chuck-users] Machine.add() and me.yield() > Message-ID: > <CADddD5mGKqob9oRU=koocgpyruh3p2qaxnqjivdthxfn5yj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey Michael! It's been a minute! > > Thanks so much for that suggestion! I took a closer look at this code and > I'm actually not doing Machine.add(); four times in a row, but rather spork > ~ thingOne(); four times (although I do Machine.remove() four times to > remove the shreds by ID). > > I still think the thing that I forgot to do is to add me.yield(); in > between each of these (or at least at the end of the four lines) to keep > the running audio smooth. I'm going through and trying it out. > > Since each of these functions that are running concurrently are loading > large files into SndBuf instances, I'm hesitant to do the normal Chuckian > thing and load it all up first and then let it play on demand using, as you > suggest, a start() function or similar. Also, because I'm triggering these > "cues" from across a network, I'm trying to trade "immediate and real time" > for "reliable and low-memory impact." I've definitely built applications > like that with Chuck that ate all the memory before! There's no streaming > from disk implemented under the hood, unless I'm mistaken. > > Let me see how this works and I'll report back! > > Mike > > > -- > Michael Clemow > Artist/Composer/Sound Designer > http://michaelclemow.com > (he/him) > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 5:07 PM Michael Heuer <heue...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Mike, >> >> Since Machine.add is hitting the file system and parsing and evaluating >> the ChucK scripts, it might work better to do all of that in one go when >> not generating sound >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> >> And then later call methods to initialize them serially or in different >> shreds, something like >> >> thingOne.start(); >> thingTwo.start(); >> thingThree.start(); >> thingFour.start(); >> >> spork ~ thingOne.start(); >> spork ~ thingTwo.start(); >> spork ~ thingThree.start(); >> spork ~ thingFour.start(); >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> michael >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *mike clemow <michaelcle...@gmail.com> >> *Subject: **[chuck-users] Machine.add() and me.yield()* >> *Date: *July 2, 2020 at 3:43:51 PM CDT >> *To: *ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> >> *Reply-To: *ChucK Users Mailing List <chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu> >> >> Greetings Chuckists, >> >> Looking for validation on this before I change many, many lines of code: >> I'm noticing clicks and pops in running audio when I do something like this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> >> and also with Machine.remove(idNum); four times in a row. >> >> Question: >> >> Is this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> >> significantly different than this: >> >> Machine.add("thingOne.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingTwo.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingThree.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> Machine.add("thingFour.ck"); >> me.yield(); >> >> ??? >> >> The same for sporking shreds four in a row. >> >> Warmly, >> Mike >> >> -- >> Michael Clemow >> Artist/Composer/Sound Designer >> http://michaelclemow.com >> (he/him) >> _______________________________________________ >> chuck-users mailing list >> chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu >> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chuck-users mailing list >> chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu >> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/attachments/20200702/dbf21af4/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > chuck-users mailing list > chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu > https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users > > > End of chuck-users Digest, Vol 179, Issue 1 > ******************************************* _______________________________________________ chuck-users mailing list chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users
