MuShoo

Just curious - let's say I have a poly~ with 64-128 instances, and part of each one is that there's a snapshot~ in them. Which timing method is better:

Each snapshot~ is defined as having an internal reporting interval (IE [snapshot~ 1]

A [metro 1] or [train~ 1] outputting bangs to a send/receive pair that every snapshot receives from?

My thinking is that running one synchronized counter is better than having to run possibly hundreds of counters, but is it even worth worrying about? Would the efficiency gain be so slight as to not matter?

I ask because I'd been having a problem in max 5 (seems to have gone away) when running very fast (1ms) metros/snapshot intervals, where the object would 'crash' but not the patch - it would just stop banging or reporting new output. Seems to have fixed itself in Max 6, though I'm still curious about it.

A [metro 1] or [train~ 1] outputting bangs to a send/receive pair that every snapshot receives from?  

My thinking is that running one synchronized counter is better than having to run possibly hundreds of counters, but is it even worth worrying about?  Would the efficiency gain be so slight as to not matter?

I ask because I'd been having a problem in max 5 (seems to have gone away) when running very fast (1ms) metros/snapshot intervals, where the object would 'crash' but not the patch - it would just stop banging or reporting new output.  Seems to have fixed itself in Max 6, though I'm still curious about it.


reporting-intervals-w-snapshot

I think you'd be better off using a phasor as a master timer, being sent to your poly~s via send to a number of receives. Then in each poly test for when the phasor is equal to zero ( or a very small positive number) and bang your snapshot then. You'd also need to make sure that your vector size is less than sr*reporting interval.

I think you'd be better off using a phasor as a master timer, being sent to your poly~s via send to a number of receives. Then in each poly test for when the phasor is equal to zero ( or a very small positive number) and bang your snapshot then. You'd also need to make sure that your vector size is less than sr*reporting interval.
hth


Reporting Intervals w. Snapshot~