Derek Holzer a écrit : > Hi Cyrille, > > cyrille henry wrote: > >> Derek : do you know if this performance problem happend only with pd, or >> also with other software? > > I didn't take a lot of time to benchmark different applications between > the two platforms, although I did spend about 3 months (2 years ago) > seeing how much stuff from the Linux Audio world was or could be ported > to OSX. I use Ardour quite frequently without noticing a big loss of > performance from Linux to OSX. But you have to keep in mind how big and > bloated the Aqua/OSX desktop manager is!!! I'm sure it can account for a > lot of overhead. But I still saw PD running a surprising amount slower > than on Linux. > > I use JACK almost always on OSX with PD (when I use it on OSX at all), > and still the speed is quite poor. I'm fairly positive it has to do with > whether Aqua handles the graphical interface or not. All those brushed > chrome windows and colorful spinning widgets sure are expensive! Maybe > do comparisons with "--nogui"? (Although for GEM patches this wouldn't > help much would it?) > > But in general, I've lost interest in using up valuable > working/performing/recording time in debugging things. I keep a Linux > partition on my laptop for PD live sets, sound editing in ReZound and > heavy-duty Ardour/Jamin recording/mastering work these days, and do my > day-to-day computer business under OS X. That seems like a working > solution for me. > > Sorry not be more helpful... this is very helpful : it mean i will not buy a mac for the next years...
thanks Cyrille > > best, > d. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
