[PD] simple dynamic instancing and connection of abstractions

[Scott R. Looney]

hmm - well i'm not against the concept of NOT using dynamic patching and
doing [clone] instead, or something else, but to my mind it would then
require a mega object with all of the instruments to be present at every
slot and then to switch off all the rest. this means a much more complex
switching mechanism and i've not had the best luck getting switch~ to
really cooperate. currently there looks like 4 unique instruments so it's
not really that 'mega' at the moment - my concern is that i somehow won't
be able manage the DSP or possibly that the routing itself might add some
overhead. i have best results keeping the load under 30%. once it goes over
60 i start getting dropouts and glitches.

thanks for the advice folks! i'll try the static switched route and see
what happens.

best,
scott

On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 8:54 AM Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com>
wrote:

> It is harder if you want true dynamic allocation
>
> I made a PR which allows to set the number cloned instances at runtime
> with a [resize( message: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1069
>
> Without reading the code, I guess it could also simplify Thomas' [mc~].
>
> If you like it, please upvote (not that I think it would make a big
> difference, but at least I win some internet points)
>
> Christof
> On 08.12.2021 17:10, Dan Wilcox wrote:
>
> Howdy Scott,
>
> you can do this without dynamic patching using clone and (send~/receive~)
> or (throw~/catch~) objects.
>
> I believe I sent someone an example some months ago but the use case was
> dynamically routing 8 channel file output to dac~ channels randomly:
>
> https://github.com/danomatika/BangYourHead/tree/master/3.Audio/rand8player
>
> The idea is the same though: abstractions loaded in clone objects which
> route input to output and apply gain and/or pan, etc in between. To
> enable/disable, I generally use switch~ plus a gain ramp to avoid clicks.
> When an abstraction is switched off, you save a good amount of CPU so it's
> worth adding. You then send control messages into clone with the id or all
> prepended. If you have gain fading and the timing right, you can avoid
> clicks when configuring connections on the fly.
>
> This approach works well when you know the upper limit of the various
> components, ie. you have a max of 64 outputs, etc. It is harder if you want
> true dynamic allocation (although wrapper abstractions help).
>
> If you want a deployed example check out the Zirkonium spatialization
> server: https://github.com/zkmkarlsruhe/ZirkoniumSpatializationServer
>
> It has multiple layers which can be dynamically configured:
> * inputs: adc~
> * sourcefiles: up to 8 channels each
> * ids: maps input or source file channel to spatialized location (ie. vbap
> gains per speaker) or direct output channel
> * speaker: virtual speaker, receives spatialized id audio and maps to
> output
> * outputs: dac~
>
> By default, there are 64 instances for each layer.
>
> There is also a `modularization` branch which abstracts the zirk_server so
> you can pass the number of layer objects used by clone via creation
> arguments. This allows for creating more or fewer instances, as needed but
> not via dynamic patching, ala zirk_server64.pd is just a wrapper for
> zirk_server.pd with "[zirk_server 64 64 64 64 64]" inside.
>
>
> https://github.com/zkmkarlsruhe/ZirkoniumSpatializationServer/tree/modularization
>
> I may make a simpler input -> id -> output example at some point as the
> Zirkonium server is admittedly overkill to learn from.
>
> On Dec 8, 2021, at 3:16 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
>
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> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 04:31:03 -0800
> From: "Scott R. Looney" <scottrlooney at gmail.com>
> To: pd-list <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
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> hi folks, since Alexander was just covering dynamic patching in PD on the
> puredata.info site i thought i might inquire about options for dynamic
> patching. i've perused a few libraries like iemguts, and a new one called
> clj-puredata using Clojure. i sent this to the dev about my use case and i
> thought i'd post it here for some advice:
>
> i want the player/user to be able to dynamically add or remove instruments
> from a patch that is already loaded, in a live performance situation.
>
> i'm planning to have a master module patch with 8 slots for 8 instruments
> with approximately 10 control inlets and 2 signal outlets. i have currently
> 3 unique instruments to load, and planning on more. all of the instruments
> have exactly the same amount of inlets/outlets. all i need to do is load
> them up, hook the I/O up to the slot, and delete them when desired. the
> instruments will be abstractions, not subpatches.
>
> i would just need a way for the slot to know when an abstraction is loaded
> or deleted. i can uniquely name each slot if that would work better for
> this, though i could probably have a flag, number or string indicating what
> state the slot is in - like 'add', 'remove', 'active' and 'disabled' or
> whatever.
>
> i have briefly watched a bit of the Youtube video on dynamic patching, but
> rather than roll my own i thought i'd inquire about libraries or externals
> that could handle it. i think iemguts can handle the querying it seems, but
> the docs don't make it clear how objects (abstractions) are instanced and
> deleted or connected. i don't need to move anything - just load and connect
> an abstraction directly under a slot or delete it. any help appreciated!
>
> scott
>
>
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