On 04.02.2013 16:55, IOhannes zmölnig wrote: > On 02/03/2013 10:54 PM, Thomas Mayer wrote: >> Pd will only use one core, and one core for the GUI. There are ways to >> distribute the load over several cores, e.g. [pd~] or use several >> instances of Pd that communicate with each others: > > Pd will use multiple threads for a few specific tasks, like streaming > soundfiles from disk (with [readsf~]).
I just wanted to state, that you cannot distribute arbitrary tasks in Pd to several threads, and therefore CPU cores without a) stating it explicitely via [pd~] (or [netsend]/[netreceive] or any other way of inter-instance communication), or b) using externals that support threading. > > Gem will also try to utilize multiple threads for special tasks as well, > like image acquisition. Best regards, Thomas -- "Ich komme aus dem Staunen nicht heraus." "Dann bleib halt drin, du Seppel" (Dietmar Dath - Die Abschaffung der Arten) http://www.residuum.org/ _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list