Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-08 Thread Stephen Sinclair
> > - using Jack in RT mode > > - increasing buffer size > > - using dual-core computer > > - using "renice" on the pd process > > this suggestions won't solve the mentioned problems for sure (besides > increasing the buffer to a huge amount). since the problems arise > withing pd itself, you canno

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-06 Thread Damian Stewart
Tim Blechmann wrote: > there are applications which are able to load soundfiles in a > realtime-safe way. see, for example, ableton live -- damian stewart | +44 7854 493 796 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz __

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-06 Thread Roman Haefeli
ciao matteo you are speaking from my hear! this is exactly what i mean (without critizing pd at all). roman On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 01:48 +0200, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > Frank wrote: > > > Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live > > performances, which proves that it

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Kyle Klipowicz
Uh oh, don't flame me now! ;-) ~Kyle On 6/5/07, Matteo Sisti Sette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank wrote: > > > Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live > > performances, which proves that it is a suitable tool for this. > > That's it's not bug-free and has room for im

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Frank wrote: > Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live > performances, which proves that it is a suitable tool for this. > That's it's not bug-free and has room for improvements is a different > story. And also: > there is not a single piece of > free software in its rea

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, marius schebella hat gesagt: // marius schebella wrote: > Frank Barknecht wrote: > > > My point is: We shouldn't make Pd worse than it actually is. > > My point is: We should make Pd better than it actually is. ;) Good point. Lets not make Pd worse than it is, lets make it better. Cia

[PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Roman wrote: correct me as well, if i am wrong, but there shouldn't be a need for rebuilding the dsp tree when loading a soundfile using [sndfiler], since it just copies data from disk/soundfile to memory/table. the dsp tree should stay the same. perhaps the same approach would work for [text

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread marius schebella
Frank Barknecht wrote: > My point is: We shouldn't make Pd worse than it actually is. My point is: We should make Pd better than it actually is. ;) marius. ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.in

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 18:15 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > Matteo.sistisette hat gesagt: // Matteo.sistisette wrote: > > > That is definitely something I have already heard before: that pd is not > > suitable or reliable for live/presentation. > > If a system which is entirely focused on

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, marius schebella hat gesagt: // marius schebella wrote: > Frank Barknecht wrote: > > > Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live > > performances, which proves that it is a suitable tool for this. > > not really, it just proves, that some people know how to handle

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Blechmann
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 17:26 +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > > > correct me as well, if i am wrong, but there shouldn't be a need > for > > > rebuilding the dsp tree when loading a soundfile using [sndfiler], > > > since > > > it just copies data from disk/soundfile to memory/table. the dsp > tree

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread marius schebella
Frank Barknecht wrote: > Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live > performances, which proves that it is a suitable tool for this. not really, it just proves, that some people know how to handle the problems, be it knowing about the limitations or just not caring about

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Kevin McCoy
Just a note: Many people all over the world are using Pd in live performances, which proves that it is a suitable tool for this. That's it's not bug-free and has room for improvements is a different story. Agreed! k ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list U

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread chris clepper
On 6/5/07, Tim Blechmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > loading a soundfile in the background is trivial ... just the way the pd > interpreter uses them (instantiate a patch / resort the dsp chain) isn't > realtime safe ... Even applications like Logic do not create new audio threads while audio is

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Matteo.sistisette hat gesagt: // Matteo.sistisette wrote: > That is definitely something I have already heard before: that pd is not > suitable or reliable for live/presentation. > If a system which is entirely focused on REAL-TIME isn't suitable for > presenting/live situations, then it is

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 10:20 -0400, Stephen Sinclair wrote: > > > all this issues cannot be 'worked around' within pd, which makes pd > > > sometimes not very suitable for presenting/live situations. > > I'd be curious to know what happens when you try things like: > > - using Jack in RT mode >

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Blechmann
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 10:26 -0500, chris clepper wrote: > On 6/5/07, Tim Blechmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > loading a soundfile in the background is trivial ... just the way the pd > > interpreter uses them (instantiate a patch / resort the dsp chain) isn't > > realtime safe ... > > Even

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 17:16 +0200, Tim Blechmann wrote: > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 17:00 +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 07:41 -0700, Phil Stone wrote: > > > > > I'm wondering if the threaded [sndfiler] object could be adapted to > > help > > > with this particular problem. Ap

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Blechmann
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 17:00 +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote: > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 07:41 -0700, Phil Stone wrote: > > > I'm wondering if the threaded [sndfiler] object could be adapted to > help > > with this particular problem. Apparently, it doesn't work so well > for > > soundfiles (please corr

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 07:41 -0700, Phil Stone wrote: > I'm wondering if the threaded [sndfiler] object could be adapted to help > with this particular problem. Apparently, it doesn't work so well for > soundfiles (please correct me if I'm wrong), because the dsp tree needs > to be rebuilt anyw

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Tim Blechmann
> I'm wondering if the threaded [sndfiler] object could be adapted to help > with this particular problem. Apparently, it doesn't work so well for > soundfiles (please correct me if I'm wrong), because the dsp tree needs > to be rebuilt anyway, causing dropouts. However, could it work as a way

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Stephen Sinclair
> > all this issues cannot be 'worked around' within pd, which makes pd > > sometimes not very suitable for presenting/live situations. I'd be curious to know what happens when you try things like: - using Jack in RT mode - increasing buffer size - using dual-core computer - using "renice" on the

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Phil Stone
Roman Haefeli wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 22:04 +0200, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I always thought that in PD, "process" (i.e. dsp and control processing) had >> the priority over GUI rendering, in such a way that drawing the gui would >> NEVER cause audio clicks although this

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Matteo.sistisette
> there are other issues as well, which cause drop outs, that might be > avoidable: > > all this issues cannot be 'worked around' within pd, which makes pd > sometimes not very suitable for presenting/live situations. That's exactly what I meant in my previous message in the "pd evolution" threa

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-05 Thread Jamie Bullock
Hi Matteo, On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 22:04 +0200, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > I always thought that in PD, "process" (i.e. dsp and control processing) had > the priority over GUI rendering, in such a way that drawing the gui would > NEVER cause audio clicks although this means there's no warranty ab

Re: [PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-04 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 22:04 +0200, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > Hi, > > I always thought that in PD, "process" (i.e. dsp and control processing) had > the priority over GUI rendering, in such a way that drawing the gui would > NEVER cause audio clicks although this means there's no warranty about

[PD] isn't the GUI supposed to have lower priority than process?

2007-06-04 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Hi, I always thought that in PD, "process" (i.e. dsp and control processing) had the priority over GUI rendering, in such a way that drawing the gui would NEVER cause audio clicks although this means there's no warranty about how much gui rendering may be delayed. To my great disappointment, I