Artur Dobija

I built a synth. Inside [poly~] I have [cycle~], [saw~], [tri~] and [rect~] objects. At the time I am using only one of them.

I am wondering if putting them individually inside subpatcher and muting non-used ones with [mute~] will reduce CPU cost. 

(PS I now I could use BEAP, but I this is the way I want to use now)

I built a synth. Inside [poly~] I have [cycle~], [saw~], [tri~] and [rect~] objects. At the time I am using only one of them.

I am wondering if putting them individually inside subpatcher and muting non-used ones  with [mute~] will reduce CPU cost. 

(PS I now I could use BEAP, but I this is the way I want to use now)

Hello,
I built a synth. Inside [poly~] I have [cycle~], [saw~], [tri~] and [rect~] objects. At the time I am using only one of them.

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cpu-and-the-mute~

You could also embed different mono-voice poly~ objects inside of your main poly~ synth voice.

You could also make different versions of your main poly~, a version for sine, a version for saw~, etc, then turn on (unmute) only the one you want to use.

You could make the 3 versions and compare the results.

Or, if you don't have any CPU problem and want to keep the option of synthesizing several waveforms at the same time, you could just leave them all in the main poly~.

Did you try it?
You could also embed different mono-voice poly~ objects inside of your main poly~ synth voice.
You could also make different versions of your main poly~, a version for sine, a version for saw~, etc, then turn on (unmute) only the one you want to use.
You could make the 3 versions and compare the results.
Or, if you don't have any CPU problem and want to keep the option of synthesizing several waveforms at the same time, you could just leave them all in the main poly~.

you can alway put single objects into sub-poly´s to save even more CPU.

but - in case it is relevant for your project - you should also know that having 150,000 subpatches in polys or pffts can raise the load time on startup to an unbearable length.

a beginner might also run into trouble when his saw~ and cycle~ both go into the same *~ and then one of them is getting muted...

i am not a big fan of the mute~ method either, but both will work of course.


you can alway put single objects into sub-poly´s to save even more CPU.

but - in case it is relevant for your project - you should also know that having 150,000 subpatches in polys or pffts can raise the load time on startup to an unbearable length.

a beginner might also run into trouble when his saw~ and cycle~ both go into the same *~ and then one of them is getting muted...

i am not a big fan of the mute~ method either, but both will work of course.


Thank you very much for the responses and ideas!

Thanks @Roman Thilenius for the warning, this could be troublesome, I'll try to foresee it.

Thanks @Roman Thilenius  for the warning, this could be troublesome, I'll try to foresee it. 

CPU and the [mute~]