[PD] is bang~ limited to a 64 sample block?

[Martin Schied]

hi!

hard off wrote:
> I made a patch which times the duration between two bangs sent by 
> [bang~].   If i set the blocksize to the default of 64, then each bang 
> comes 1.4ms apart - as expected with 44.1khz samplerate.
>
> However, making the blocksize smaller has no effect on the duration 
> between the bangs. 
>
> Does bang~ have a speedlimit of 64 samples?  If not, what is the 
> limiting factor stopping me getting bangs more often than every 1.4ms?
>
it's a 64 samples limit as far as i read in archives some time ago...
http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2002-04/006123.html

Martin