[maxmsp] 20% cpu load for MAX when doing nothing ???

20% to 30% without any patch loaded seems a lot.
Here I have 9-12% in the same conditions.

G5 2*1.8GHz; mac os X 10.4.9; MaxMSP 4.5.7; M-Audio FW-410; 3GB RAM

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Jean-Michel Darrémont


Le 8 juin 07 à 08:58, Dominique DAVID a écrit :

>
> Hi all
>
> I currently use to run the activity monitor because I am working on  
> a project involving a lot of display and midi computations and want  
> to know what happens.
>
> Even with not a single patcher loaded in Max, and just after  
> starting both my macbook and Max, tha monitor shows sometimes a 20%  
> to 30% activity for Max, sometimes much lower, a few %. It appears  
> to be more or less random. The cpu load disappears when I close  
> Max, even if no patchers have been loaded in the session.
>
> Not a real problem, but I would appreciate to understand what is  
> "sometimes" consuming power in the background, sometimes not. And  
> perhaps is there something to tune in my own system (recent Macbook  
> pro, 2*2,33 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, IAC driver on, Edirol midi interface UM1  
> plugged, MaxMSPJitter 456).
>
> Regards
>
> Dominique
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