[PD-dev] plans for next Pd release

[Miller Puckette]

Unfortunately they can't be fixed by default (compatibility...)  I'm still
struggling to figure out how to best allow alternative tables (especially
larger table sizes when needed) without badly complicating everything.

cheers
M

On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 03:09:26PM -0400, Matt Barber wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> Thanks for the reply. sinesum is better but not perfect – the issue is that
> the cos() function is not the same on all four parts of the waveform, and
> those imperfections can cause fm to drift. You can build a symmetric table
> easily enough but since osc~ and cos~ are so important, they should be
> fixed. I'll submit a demo patch when I get home.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021, 2:50 PM Andy Farnell <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I always found that [tabosc4~] along with ability to fill arrays using
> > like csound gen message functions [sinesum( gives me all the accuracy
> > I needed for FM. Am I missing something in pull/106 about shorcomings
> > of [osc~]
> >
> > andy
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 10:55:02AM -0400, Matt Barber wrote:
> > > I'd love to get a symmetric cos table for stable FM:
> > >
> > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_pull_106&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=ivUR0FnAHdNwIEVfI256EXxk4y8UQELfZv-zc4r1eVI&s=_kjOA5CF2UpoVobqDdhS46dvekWZSN3tJcfqWSYEImI&e= 
> > >
> > > But I remember you were thinking about going another direction entirely
> > > with osc~?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 1:23 PM Miller Puckette via Pd-dev <
> > > pd-dev at lists.iem.at> wrote:
> > >
> > > > (re-send - I had sent to pd-dev at iem.at but that now seems to be
> > > > defunct...)
> > > >
> > > > To Pd dev -
> > > > I'm going to try to get the next Pd release (0.52) out over the next
> > month
> > > > or two.  My personal priorities for this release would be putting in a
> > > > message
> > > > backtrace mechanism (by overriding canvas_connect and pd_bind to go
> > through
> > > > small proxy objects; this will have to be done at load time I think)
> > and
> > > > to go back and try to figure out how to do tooltips without adding
> > cruft to
> > > > the inlet structure.  (There's an ancient source-patch to provide
> > tooltips
> > > > by Chris McCormichadn Guenter Geiger that I plan to start with -
> > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sourceforge.net_p_pure-2Ddata_patches_264_&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=ivUR0FnAHdNwIEVfI256EXxk4y8UQELfZv-zc4r1eVI&s=kv8MTDBG_E2ZbR5-jXxHxJD9BdHKZbHGVHvsxhnfjb8&e= ).
> > > >
> > > > Before doing that I want to do some reorganizing - in porting Pd to
> > > > FreeRTOS
> > > > (so I can run it on an Espressif LyraT board, which I think takes only
> > > > about
> > > > 10 or 20% of the current that a Pi needs) I found out that I had to
> > move
> > > > a few functions from one file to another.
> > > >
> > > > This might break some PRs, so... first of all would be to identify
> > whatever
> > > > PRs are ready to merge so I can do that before I make incompatible
> > changes.
> > > > Of course "stable development branch" first... then Dan's soundfile
> > > > updates...
> > > > then what?
> > > >
> > > > PS more ideas of mine (among many):
> > > > hot-reloading externs via a message to Pd
> > > > use a "unix binding" socket between Pd and pd-gui instead of localhost
> > > > generalize number/symbol box to allow displaying entire messages or
> > lists
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > Miller
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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