[PD] open/closing patch

[d]

> The only thing that I am aware of with Pd using multiple threads is when 
> used with JACK on Linux, as Jack's design requires a separate processing 
> thread. Not sure about other areas of Pd though.

i do use pd+jack+linux for a while now because jack offers great 
possibilities, but i guess low-latency realtime audio always has to be 
seperated from other functionalities to work smoothly.

i think that pd should be able to load a simple soundfile into an array 
without blocking for ages. also i think it should be possible to draw a 
line in a graph/array without making the whole application stutter.

there are workarounds and one can learn to avoid situations, but ideal 
would be a pd taking care of such things.

regards
d13b


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