hello pd gurus,
one big issue i'm having is that you can't load audio files into arrays without having the whole system pause for the new file to load. In fact, any time I change an array, the whole system pauses. is that because of lag, or because the arrays aren't multi-threaded? the writesf~ object seamlessly writes sound files in the background - why can't i load/record them into arrays just as seamlessly? (I use OSX and pd-0.36)
thanks, -evan raskob
don't use arrays, use sfread~ or readsf~ as they read sf's straight from your filesystem on demand.
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:29:31 -0400 "evan raskob [PD]" pd@lowfrequency.org wrote:
//hello pd gurus, // //one big issue i'm having is that you can't load audio files into arrays //without having the whole system pause for the new file to load. In //fact, any time I change an array, the whole system pauses. is that //because of lag, or because the arrays aren't multi-threaded? the //writesf~ object seamlessly writes sound files in the background - why //can't i load/record them into arrays just as seamlessly? (I use OSX //and pd-0.36) // //thanks, //-evan raskob // // //_______________________________________________ //PD-list mailing list //PD-list@iem.at //http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list // //
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Hi Evan,
one big issue i'm having is that you can't load audio files into arrays without having the whole system pause for the new file to load. In fact, any time I change an array, the whole system pauses. is that because of lag, or because the arrays aren't multi-threaded? the writesf~ object seamlessly writes sound files in the background - why can't i load/record them into arrays just as seamlessly? (I use OSX and pd-0.36)
it's because a lot of graphics data has to be generated by PD and sent to the tcl/tk frontend. PD is not multi-threaded internally and deserves a far prettier and faster GUI than it has now. Watch out for news.
best greetings, Thomas