[PD] accuracy of signal/message-objects

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
marius schebella hat gesagt: // marius schebella wrote:

> two side questions:
> 1) since computers are much faster now than in 1998, would it be 
> possible to change the 64 sample block timing of messages to a block~ 1 
> and use block~ 64 only for talking to the soundcard?

Messages already are faster than [block~ 1]. It's only the conversion
from messages to signals (and the other way around) that's tricky. 

However doing all signal processing at [block~ 1] even today is quite
a burden - and even an unnecessary one in many cases. Just try it.

> 2) Is it possible to get microsecond accuracy in metro?
> the difference between metro 200 and 200.5 would be one beat per minute. 
> for synchronizing a big difference.

metro handles float periods just fine. Try: 

 [metro 200.5]
 |
 [t b b]
 |    |
 [timer]
 |
 [200.5\

Ciao
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