I agree. I recorded 8 channel multitrack from Pd to Ardour using a single core Thinkpad back in the day with no drop outs.
You could try running Pd with a different nice level. Even though it has "realtime priority" it sometimes helps to cue the scheduler a little more directly. > On Jan 30, 2018, at 11:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Interestingly, setting CPU scaling governor to performance is not > enough for Pd (it is for other applications, though). When doing that > for each core, they all run at maximum speed. However, it doesn't help > with making Pd glitch free. I really have to put some load on them. > > This confirms what I suspected for while now: The advanced power saving > features of modern CPUs don't really help for realtime audio. > > I wonder what softwares like Ardour do differently to not fall victim > of aggressive power saving. > > Having a constantly running fan is also not an ideal situation. I don't > care about increased power consumption at this point. Maybe there is a > less invasive way to keep the CPU busy? -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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