Hi list,

Has anyone ever used [bang~] as an engine to 

break up long-running control calculations?

For example, suppose I analyze the incoming 

signal and choose the most suitable among 10,000 

melodies to play in response.

If I search in logical time I'll probably get a dropout.  

However, if I rewrite the patch to use [bang~] and 

[5,000(--[until] to do the same calculation, I cut the 

number of calculations per block in half.  As I test 

the patch I can keep halving that number until 

I no longer get dropouts.  If the resulting time to 

finish all the calculations is a suitable delay for 

my melodic response, I'm good.  More importantly, 

I'm deterministically good, as the calculation is 

guaranteed to complete in the allotted time.  (Although 

I am of course not guaranteed that the audio won't 

drop out.)

Seems clunky, but maybe it's useful for some situations...

-Jonathan