On 7/29/06, derek holzer derek@x-i.net wrote:
As far as I can tell, and I've posted on it extensively here in the past, this speed difference is due to the interference of the graphical interface on OSX, and it seems to affect audio-related patches worse than GEM-related ones. The extra layer of Aqua + Tcl/Tk takes far too much resources, and responds very badly under pressure--sometimes simply freezing up as no doubt you've already seen. I suppose this could be dealt with by compiling PD with an X11 version of Tcl/Tk and some other junk, but honestly I've been too busy performing and making sound the last year to try to sort out all of OSX's problems.
But OSX is so sharp-looking! lol I've had many a number-box freeze up on me, and someone here suggested that, if a particular numberbox was important, to use a num2 GUI, from the lower part of the put menu, or Ctl-Shift-n. These always update. However, if you're running a pretty busy patch, best not to put too many of these in there, as they will force everything to wait for the GUI.