i once added an api for controlling the audio settings by sending commands to 'pd' ...
yes, I saw that patch, I would be good to have that included. I think Miller had an issue that he posted on the patch tracker. I think it should be possible to get that issue resolved and that patch included in Pd core.
miller didn't like the patch ... didn't think it's necessary ... since i have another opinion about it, it's in devel ... and as you know, i gave up submitting patches a long time ago ...
tim