&quot;One thing to keep in mind with Pd on modern computers is that &#39;pd-gui&#39;<br>
is a totally separate process from &#39;pd&#39;, so since basically all laptops,<br>
desktops, and even tablets these days ship with 2 or more cores, that<br>
means &#39;pd-gui&#39; and &#39;pd&#39; will be running on separate cores.  Therefore,<br>
as long as &#39;pd-gui&#39; doesn&#39;t use more than say 70% of one core, it<br>
shouldn&#39;t affect &#39;pd&#39; much at all.&quot;<br><br>Sorry for possible dumbness here but am I reading this right?:<br><br>I have a dual core laptop with a patch where I&#39;m right at the top of my cpu.<br>The patch utilises a sensor, audio input and [sigmund~], lots of synthesis, and a fairly complex quad panned output.  On top of this there&#39;s some pmpd and GEM stuff.<br>
<br>I&#39;m in the process of splitting the patch in half to try and gain some computing headroom, again. I had a quick go a couple of months ago but didn&#39;t get any noticeable boost - in fact the process of piping lots of data between the two instances of Pd seemed to cause more problems than it solved.<br>
<br>This is a long-winded way of asking whether there&#39;s any point in spreading the load if Pd is already utilising both cores?<br><br>Bit confused now but best wishes,<br><br>Julian<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 8 February 2012 17:55, Marco Donnarumma <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:devel@thesaddj.com">devel@thesaddj.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>You might also want to [set ( values to be displayed by your slider or number box.</div><div><br></div><div>i.e.</div><div>better this</div><div><br></div><div>[your input]</div><div>|</div><div>

[set (</div><div>|</div><div>[vslider]</div><div><br></div><div>rather than</div><div><br></div><div>[your input]</div><div>|</div><div>[vslider]</div><div><br></div><div>When a slider receives a [set $1( message, it only displays the data, without executing any output.</div>

<div>This is another good resources-saving method.</div><div>Obviously we are talking about a situation in which you want to use a good amount of sliders and nboxes.</div><div>Otherwise, as noted previously, one or two sliders do not really represent an issue.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Hiding massive GUI works also in my experience.</div><div>cheers,</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Marco Donnarumma<br>
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