[PD] Quick processor question

[Pierre Massat]

Hi,
I m not sure if i actually got your question, but if you're trying to "turn
off" the oscillator you should use the [switch~] object. It turns audio
computation off locally. This means that if you put it in your patch it will
turn audio computation on and off for the entire patch, but if you put it in
a subpatch (with, say, only your osc~ inside) it will only have an effect at
the subpatch level. this is a very useful object when it comes to limiting
your CPU load.

Pierre

2010/1/31 Andrew Faraday <jbturgid at hotmail.com>

>  Hey Folks
>
> I'm aware that cutting the signal from an [osc~] will not actually reduce
> it's processor drain, nor, to my knowledge, does the frequency affect CPU
> usage. However, does anyone know if it'll take less processor, while not
> using the output of the object, to give it an argument of 0? That is to say,
> while the output has [*~] + 0 that zero is also set to the frequency of the
> [osc~] will this be any more efficient?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
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