a very late reply here... but when you say "support for other audio APIs" does this mean that its now possible to add support to make PD a VST or Jack client?
Miller Puckette wrote:
There are several usability improvements. The audio and MIDI systems are now more modular, which should make it easier to merge in support for other audio APIs. For Windows and Linux I'm now using portaudio v19, and for mac OSX still v18.