Btw this has already been discussed a few years ago, including the possibility of making an "asynchronous" pd~, which would be definitely useful:
https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/35ERXCVVPVEMQWKO4R3DH3RS3TRRSLTL/#KOJIE6XWIDS5T2FJQP3JFRPCOILQM7WT Antoine Le ven. 28 mars 2025 à 10:19, Christof Ressi <[email protected]> a écrit : > On 27.03.2025 16:39, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > > > On 3/24/25 18:23, Pier Bar wrote: > >>> > >>> You would typically use it for offloading audio processing to > >>> another CPU > >>> core, in particular if a single CPU cannot handle the full workload. > >>> > >> > >> So it seems intended for audio rather than control signal operations... > >> > > i see how you come to this conclusion by christof's wording. > > > > however, i wouldn't say that this is necessarily true. > Sorry for giving the wrong impression that [pd~] is only for audio > processing. Of course, you can (also) do control operations! > > > > the important fact to understand is, that the output of [pd~] is still > > fully deterministic (by keeping the operations *synchronous* with the > > parent Pd). > > > > therefore, it is ill-suited for asynchronous offline processing (like > > training a neural network for 10 minutes at "full speed"). > > > > instead i would say that it is a good tool if you can formulate the > > problem like this: "I have a cool patch X that works great with the > > desired latency. I have another cool patch Y that also works nicely. > > But if I use them together, things start to fall apart." > > then you could run e.g. patch Y in a separate [pd~] instance. > That's actually a pretty good explanation. And that's exactly how I've > been using [pd~] myself. > > > > > > fgdam > > IOhannes > > > > --- > > [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist > > > https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/KXKGQC63R7AUB5CKEJHBWQLCUFHENTLK/ > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ > > --- > [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist > > https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/5D3Q2AYZ6YOHFNGBQLQ3W6T2PN3FF437/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ > >
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