[PD] lag when starting sub-process

Tue Nov 12 18:09:32 CET 2019

Pd sometimes seems to take several seconds to start up on MacOs.  It once
started up very quickly. I haven't figured out if this is a change in MacOs
or in Pd.

And yes, the owing Pd instance has to wait for the sub-process to get running,
so that will freeze it for a few seconds.

It migth help to clear out unneeded "libraries" (start the subprocess with
-noprefs and explicitly add the ones you want).  Also it will always speed
things up to run the sub-process "-no-gui" whenever you don't need to see it.

cheers
Miller

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 03:52:51PM +0100, Christof Ressi wrote:
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> <div>if the pd~ subprocess blocks (beyond the specified latency), then the parent process blocks as well, so the behavior you describe is expected. It's simply not possible to spawn pd subprocesses in a realtime safe manner (yet).</div>
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> <div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 12. November 2019 um 15:25 Uhr<br/>
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> <div>hey there, im experiencing a lag in my main patch when i start a pd~ sub process. on my i7 quad core 16gb macbook pro its about 4-5 seconds until pd is running again and on an rpi 3 its about the same. is this a known thing? and if so, is there a workaround?
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