[PD] New user - technical questions

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Nov 30, 2010, at 5:06 PM, tim vets wrote:

>
>
> 2010/11/30 Xavier Miller <xavier.miller at cauwe.org>
> Hello, greetings from Belgium,
>
> I am starting with Pd and have some questions:
> - does Pd support multi-threading? If not, is it possible to launch  
> many Pd instances and sync them?
>
> take a look at the [pd~] object
> or you can simply run multiple pd instances and send messages  
> between them...
>
> - can Pd dynamically change its patches without stopping the engine?  
> Can Pd unload some objects, open other patches, connect them?
>
> Yes, though you have to take care a bit. If you load huge files or  
> create or delete many tilde objects, the dsp engine may be  
> interrupted.
> look at "dynamic patching", or 'pd-msg' stuff
>
> - can Pd run without GUI, even without X support?
>
> yes, do "pd -nogui", don't know if you have to have X running  
> though, I suppose not?
>
> - can Pd be embedded in an application, and controlled  
> programmatically? (if not, I can use OSC)
>
>
> We are using pd as a soundengine for a game development project.  
> ( cityinabottle.org )
> The main program is python and pd is running in the background (- 
> nogui) with OSC communication.


That sounds very interesting, I'd love to hear more about it!

.hc


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