[PD] bug???!?!?

[Ed Kelly]

> I have suspected [envrms~] of wrecking the performance of
> my patches before (on a PowerBook G4).  I was never
> quite sure if it was really [envrms~]'s fault until I
> discovered [unsig~ #] and never went back.  [unsig~]
> will do what [envrms~] does, but also allows you to set the
> sample time in milliseconds.  I wonder if anyone else
> has had [envrms~] audio freezes.

Very interesting. But [envrms~] makes the patch work, rather than breaking it in this case. If you look inside the two [clinok_x~] units you'll see that the noise/filter section of the synthesizer on the left _without_ [envrms~] connected does not work!
[envrms~] is only connected "sideways" in fact - it does not play a part in the realisation of any signal or control parameter in this synth, so why it should cause the patch to work is quit baffling. It is as though [envrms~] is acting as a valve on the outlet of the [clip~] object, like siphoning petrol from an engine by sucking on a pipe.

e

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> Sam
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:15:52 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Subject: [PD] bug???!?!?
> > To: pddev <pd-dev at iem.at>,
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> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I've encountered this before, but now it has sabotaged
> one thing I wanted to play at pdcon, I want to work out why
> it happens.
> > 
> > Enclosed is a folder containing two versions of my
> clinoker~ drum synth. On one of them, the filter for the
> noise generator does not work, and on the other it does. The
> only difference between them is an [envrms~] measuring
> object on the frequency signal to the filter - but it's not
> even in the chain of signals that affects anything.
> > 
> > Have a look. Ideas please?
> > Ed
> > 
> > 
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