Derek Holzer wrote: > Well, without any flags defined by the starting command or the saved > settings, then PD would start with two channels (stereo) and adding more > with the [adc~] or [dac~] would have no effect.
Ok, so I need to specify on the commandline how many channels I need... > I can tell you for sure that extra channels add extra CPU, due to PD > maintaining connections with the audio drivers. I notice this when, for > example, I use my Hammefall DSP with -channels 18 instead of -channels 2 > or -channels 8 or whatever. Some audio drivers are "greedier" than > others, so switching between them can show you a difference in load. Ok > Of course, you can always test these things yourself ;-) Sure, 32 channels, pd idle uses 3,3%cpu, 2 channels, pd idle uses 2%. This is on my IBM T41 laptop running jack at 128/3 (latency 8,71 ms). But I was wondering if it had any impact that would be sporadic, but it seems not. However I'll modify my startup script to start with appropriate number of channels... -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://atte.dk | http://myspace.com/attejensen http://anagrammer.dk | http://atte.dk/compositions _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
