Thanks for the quick reply, George. I apologize if my questions are painfully basic. I do take the time to look online at forums, tutorials, etc for help, and only when I can't find a solution, I try here.
Yes, AudioTools is now working for me. I assumed that I would need to install it in the "Plug-Ins" folder, which I have done successfully for all other plug-ins. Now that it is placed in the Patches folder (which I thought I had tried, but obviously not), all is well. What is the distinction between the "Patches" and "Plug-Ins" folders? The particle system that consistently slows my machine is the motion detect sample file from 1024 particle warfare. When I simplify the particle system (lowering particles and reducing trail lengths), performance improves, but still shows signs of lag. Thanks again for all of the advice! Extremely helpful community we have! On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:13 PM, George Toledo <gtole...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try to persevere in installing kineme audio tools. I've used it in Lion > with no problem. Without more info, it's hard to advise (does it show up in > your patch list at all?). Make sure to install it in > Library/Graphics/Quartz Compose Patches. Also make sure that it's the most > recent version and that no previous versions are installed in the System or > (now hidden) User Library (hold option key while looking at "Go" in finder > to get there). > > That plugin has better options when it comes to choosing input devices and > receiving info about incoming audio. There is also an audio playback patch, > and an addition "embedded" audio playback patch that embeds the audio file > into the qtz for easy portability. > > However, there is a stock audio playback patch that's pretty neat. It has > a pitch control, as well as 3d audio panning. That makes it easy to have a > sound's position in the stereo or surround sound field have interplay with > the graphics drawn. > > The thing to keep in mind here is that QC evaluates as fast as possible, > so it's not necessarily great to use it's built in time generators to try > to make a drum sequence, for example, but triggering notes on the fly like > you would with sample based synthesis is reasonable. > > The best way to run a qtz is in an app that's not QC (take a look a app > project examples at the adc, or maybe consider quartzbuilder, or somethint > like CoGe or vdmx). QC exposes the qtz for editing and draws a bunch of > extra stuff you don't need. > > Something to watch out for: sometimes doing stuff like showing inspector > panels with values currently moving while the qtz is running can bog stuff > down (especially in iterators!), and after closing that view, the editor > can stay bogged down. When that happens try to relaunch and see if it > clears up. > > You leave out what's generating the particles as well, which makes it hard > to say regarding that. It could perhaps be a problem with the patch > involved. > > On Jun 25, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Joshua Kahn Aronson <joshua.aron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > I am running QC on OS X 10.8. I understand that there have been some > issues transitioning from past versions to Lion. I have experienced > minimal troubles on 10.8, just accepting that some of the tools are simply > not available to me. > > > > However, I would really like the ability to integrate QC with audio out > signals, whether QC is generating the sound on its own, or simply linking > to another piece of software/hardware. I have tried to install the Kineme > AudioTools plugin, but it does not seem to work for me. > > > > I suppose this is closer to what you can do with Max/MSP and Jitter, but > I am reluctant to make the transition unless I've fully exhausted the > capabilities of QC. > > > > Are there other ways to use QC for generating audio? > > > > And a completely unrelated question: certain QC compositions > (particularly those with intense particle systems) seem to stress the > capability of my machine (10.8 | 3.4 GHz i7 | 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 | NVIDIA > GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB). The rendered image will often lag, or even > freeze entirely for a few minutes before coming back to life. I am > considering upgrades to RAM and graphics card. Will updating either of > these lead to significant improvements for performance? What is the ideal > setup for running demanding QC compositions? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com > ) > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > > > This email sent to gtole...@gmail.com >
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