[PD] [pd~] and sharing sample tables

[Ingo]

Hi everybody,

I have 3 questions about using the [pd~] object in an efficient way.
I'm trying to spread some heavy sample voices over multiple processor cores.

1)
How can I read from common sample tables (or other parameter tables as well)
without having to load all sample (1 GB of samples) multiple times?
In the back of my head I think I heard about a "share memory" library but
couldn't find anything so far.

2)
How can I assign a specific [pd~] process to a certain core?
Or does Pd automatically assign a new [pd~] process to another core?
It would obviously not improve anything if both patches were running on the
same cpu core .

3)
Is there a way that the [pd~] subprocess can receive the [send] objects
directly from the main process without having to resend each individual
send/receive object to the inlet of the sub process and without having to
build a receive object and then resend it by prepending a header that can
resend everything within the sub process?

I'm having a fairly large amount (185) of sends/receive objects and tables
(way more than 10,000 tables!).
Anything that might cut down the work and makes it more efficient to run
would be great!


Thanks a lot!
Ingo