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Oct 6, 2011 at 5:21pm
Max 6
We gave an electronic music concert (based on Max) at the week end.
I was told that Max 6 supports multiple processors. That is very much worth the upgrade since I have ideas for Max which go up to 88% CPU load!
When is it coming out?
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Oct 6, 2011 at 5:40pm
Max 5 already supports multiple processors. Look at the parallel and threadcount messages to poly~.
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Oct 6, 2011 at 6:13pm
and if you want very efficient multithreading (on Mac) check Alex Harker’s externals (www.alexanderjharker.co.uk)
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Oct 7, 2011 at 7:11pm
usually you can save a lot of CPU by better programming or by lowering your quality demands.
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Oct 13, 2011 at 1:40pm
Is the DSP status window going to be updated to show two four or eight processors?
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Oct 13, 2011 at 8:34pm
The way Max 6 expands on multithreading is that each top level patcher can be run on its own thread and thus you can balance the load across processors. This is dramatically different that using poly~, and offers a lot more flexibility.
The DSP status window hasn’t changed, but you can see the difference using something like Apple’s Activity Monitor.
There’s also a new sneak peak video regarding audio quality in Max 6 that we just put up on the site today: http://cycling74.com/2011/10/13/max-6-sneak-peek-msp-audio-quality/
A bunch of cool things got left out of the video, but it gives a taste…
Cheers,
Tim
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Oct 13, 2011 at 8:47pm
The more I see the more I want Max 6 to arrive!
One question: is windowed-fft~ a replacement for pfft~ ?
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Oct 13, 2011 at 9:00pm
windowed-fft~ is just an abstraction. It’s a useful abstraction though, and an abstraction that is included. Good eyes to notice that :-)
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