[PD] fun with nqpoly4

[Phil Stone]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:


> I just wrote a quick test of what happens when you play hundreds of  
> oscillators.  Thanks to nqpoly4, its quite easy.  Basically, I wrote  
> a simple patch that detunes the oscillator based on instance number.   
> So you get hundreds of oscillators slightly detuned around a center  
> frequency.  The PowerMac G5 2.3GHz that I am on right now could  
> handle 900 instances cleanly.
Strangely, 900 is just about the max. I can do cleanly, too.  MacBook 
Pro 2 Ghz Core Duo.  Processor load never goes above 60% at 900 
oscillators, but it starts to get noisy above that.  Maybe there's some 
arbitrary threading limit around 900?  I'm curious what results non-OS X 
systems produce.  I'll check it on the Windows side of this laptop 
tomorrow if I get a chance.

Nice sound, especially using note numbers in the 20's.


Phil