massive cpu hit from this
Jan 31 2013 | 3:48 pm
Hi guys and gals, I've built a pretty complex patch that I would like to incorporate a little visual feedback in. I have included these four LCD objects and I am using them to animate a rotating arc. The CPU hit is astronomical within my bigger patch, the CPU load rises from around 30% without it (measured within activity monitor on osx) to 100%+ with!! I have isolated the animation so that you can see what I mean, any ideas how I can achieve this without the huge CPU drain? Many thanks. :)
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:01 pmIf you use a bigger time grain in the line instances, like 50, you'll get a smaller CPU usage.Thre may be other, lighter, ways to draw you animation...
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:07 pmHi Patrick and thanks for the reply, a grain size of 100 on just one of the line objects increases my CPU load by over 10%. I think your right about other lighter ways to draw the animation, any ideas?
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:20 pmHi,you might also be interested in my external called [sadam.canvas], announced in this earlier post: https://cycling74.com/forums/announce-the-sadam-library-version-2012-10-08 . It is basically quite similar to LCD, but has some extra features, like rotating sprites etc. It also seems to consume less CPU than [lcd] under most scenarios, at least according to some user feedback and my own experience.Hope that helps, Ádám
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:29 pmThis looks VERY cool Ádám, I'll spend several hours pissing around with that object I'm sure, thanks very much for sharing! :)
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:39 pmP.S I am loving your music Ádám, beautiful!
- Jan 31 2013 | 4:44 pmi feel like this should be made into a sticky for Ádám's sake ;)
- Jan 31 2013 | 5:02 pmI don't know what you mean Zoid Ktho! ;)
- Jan 31 2013 | 5:09 pmStrange. It does reduce the CPU load on my setup.
- Jan 31 2013 | 5:51 pmyeah, it definitely reduced it, its just still quite a high drain within the bigger patch. In the patch I posted earlier it does dramatically reduce the load.
- Feb 01 2013 | 1:14 amThis patch shows something that I've become aware of recently. Check out the 50% reduction in processing as measured by Activity Monitor in different patching modes.(using the original poster's unmodified first patch)Unlocked Patching Mode = 30% cpu Locked Patching Mode =16% cpu Unlocked Presentation = 23% cpu Locked Presentation = 15% cpuSomething to be aware of.
