Hi Hans,
great job. But, here in XP, I get audio problems: trying to run with asio
(as I always do with 0.42), the audio is very noisy.
Audio options are -asio -audioindev 2 -audiooutdev 2 -channels 2
-midiindev 1 -midioutdev 1 -audiobuf 40, and they always worked with
previous versions of pd-ext.
João
http://at.or.at/hans/blog/2012/02/17/new-editing-feature-of-pd-extended-0-43...
The Pd-extended 0.43 release has been brewing an extra long time, about
18 months now, mostly because there are lots of big improvements, and we
wanted to make sure we got it right, so your patches all work, but the
improvements all shine. Its now solidly beta, so we’re looking for
testers. Download a nightly build to try here:http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/
First off, the pd-gui side of Pd has been re-written from scratch. When
you run Pd, you are actually running two programs: pd is the core engine
and pd-gui is the GUI. Since basically all computers now come with
multiple CPU cores, this means that pd-gui will usually run on a
separate CPU core than pd, so they don’t step on each other’s toes. pd
can entirely take over its own core. If you want to make your patch use
more CPU cores, then check out the [pd~] object introduced in the last
release (0.42.5).pd still handles some of the GUI stuff, but we are working on splitting
that out for the 0.44 release. That is a big chunk of work but it will
also bring big gains. In particular, it means that it will be possible
for people to write their own GUIs for Pd, covering not just the display
of the patch, but also the editing, and everything else. You like
OpenFrameworks, python, iOS, JUCE, Qt, etc.? Write your own pd-gui using
the toolkit of your choice. That’s the idea at least. That will take a
solid chunk of work, so we are looking for people to join that effort.There are so many ideas for making a better editing experience in Pd,
this release makes big strides to address the editing experience. There
are new features like Magic Glass, Autotips, Autopatch and Perf Mode,
all available on the Edit menu.• Magic Glass let’s you magically see the messages as they pass through
the cords. Just turn it on and hover above a cord, and you’ll see the
messages as they go by. You can even look at signal/audio cords.• Autotips gives you tips about what an object does, what its inlet
expects, and what comes out of the outlets.• Autopatch mode automatically connects objects as you create them.
• Perf Mode, is a mode for performance that makes it harder to
accidentally close windows that are part of your performance.The Pd Window is also majorly overhauled. First of all, its fast. Much
much faster than the old one. You can now print thousands of messages
per second to the Pd Window and still edit your patch. No more will an
accidental dump of info cause the GUI to freeze up (well, ok, maybe if
you send 10,000 messages/second but that is a way too many). There are
also now 5 levels of printing messages to the Pd Window: fatal, error,
normal, debug, all. If you are only interested in fatal errors, switch
the Pd Window to 0 – fatal, and you’ll only see the worst problems. You
want to see every single message to debug? Switch to 4 – all, and you’ll
get the whole firehose.There is also the new log library, which lets you easily send messages
for those different levels. And all messages logged with the objects
from the log library are clickable: when you Ctrl-Click or Cmd-click
(Mac OS X) on the line in the Pd Window, it’ll pop up the patch where
the message came from, and highlight the specific object that printed
it. That even works for many messages from other objects as well.The Pd Window also includes very basic level meters for monitoring the
input and output levels. And for those who want to play with the GUI in
realtime, you can type Tcl code in the Tcl entry field, and directly
modify and probe the running GUI.One thing that you can do now is customize the GUI using GUI plugins.
You can change all sorts of colors, some fonts, and many behaviors. Want
to create a new object when you triple-click? Try the tripleclick
example plugin Want to make the patch cords disappear when you leave
Edit Mode? Check out the “only show cords in edit mode” example. Those
are the simple ones. There is also Tab Completion, a search engine for
the docs, a category browser for the right-click menu, a buttonbar for
creating objects, and more.You can find many GUI plugins in the new section of the downloads page
as well as documentation for making your own. What kind of GUI plugin
will write?
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