Thanks for your advices Franck, these are the kind of programming tips I was looking for. David
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schafferdavid/ http://audioblog.arteradio.com/David_Schaffer/ > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 13:02:00 +0200 > From: f...@footils.org > To: pd-list@iem.at > Subject: Re: [PD] CPU saving strategies > > Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 12:35:41PM +0200, David Schaffer wrote: > > I recently built a midi CC sequencer abs. It helps me add some > > timeline-based control to my patches. But I came across a problem I never > > had to deal with before: CPU consumption. I realized I could'nt use more > > than four instances of my sequencer before the patch would become > > unmanageable (interface freezes, audio drops, and, finally... a crash) I > > think this is related to the use of large size arrays. I would be grateful > > if someone out there could point me to a better data storing/ CPU saving > > strategy for my sequencer, maybe data structures? Thanks in advance. > > You're using way too many debugging GUIs, like [bng] or number boxes. Remove > all of them that you don't see and optionally speedlimit the updates of those, > that you want to see. [m_speedlimit] from rj (http://github.com/rjdj/rjlib) > can > be used for speedlimiting. > > In general, never patch debuigging stuff like this: > > [...] > | > [0\ <- a numberbox > | > [...] > > or this: > > [...] > | > [bng] <- a GUI bang > | > [...] > > > Instead always put the debugging GUIs into their own path like here: > > [...] > |\ > | [0\ <- a numberbox > | > [...] > > This way it's easier to remove them later, when you're finished debugging your > patch. Make that a habit. > > Ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht Do You RjDj.me? _ ______footils.org__ > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
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