S4racen

Would like some tips for speeding up the Function object, i've got 8 of them in my device and save the breakpoints of each into a pattr for recall based on banks of function objects...

When i update them with a new set of points i get the beachball as it struggles to deal with processing the list into individual messages and re-populating the function object...

speeding-up-function

You would get better feedback if you included an example of the error. It does not have to be entire project, just enough of a patcher to demonstrate problem. Select what you want to be shared and examined, and chose "copy compressed" from file menu. Then paste compressed patcher into the forum post: we will unpack, examine and reply: without this input we are just guessing: there are many ways of performing work in Max/Msp, some efficient, several not so efficient... your issue *may* not be with the function object itself...kinda doubt that it is, but... without an example of your issue, we are blind.

You would get better feedback if you included an example of the error. It does not have to be entire project, just enough of a patcher to demonstrate problem. Select what you want to be shared and examined, and chose "copy compressed" from file menu. Then paste compressed patcher into the forum post: we will unpack, examine and reply: without this input we are just guessing: there are many ways of performing work in Max/Msp, some efficient, several not so efficient... your issue *may* not be with the function object itself...kinda doubt that it is, but... without an example of your issue, we are blind.
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J2K aka charlieb


There isn't an error to report, it's just incredibly slow....

So following your advice i stripped it back to just the elements, and lo and behold when i simplified it down it was lightning fast, it seems therefore that it's not the function object but my method of recalling the lists that's in question...

I was trying to send all 8 functions the list at the same time, changing it to send them in order with a trigger list i i i i i i i i object and it's solved the problem!

Moral of the story might be: "correct execution order and flow are PARAMOUNT in Max/Msp......"

Moral of the story might be: "correct execution order and flow are PARAMOUNT in Max/Msp......"
or some such drivel, :).
charlieb


Absolutely! Lesson definitely learnt, now to work through some old challenges again!

Speeding up Function