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

I have about 20% on PB G4.
I think the main explanation is that is due to the scheduler that is
constantly "on", contrarily to the DSP.
It would be a good thing to have that kind of process off when no patch is
open, so we can leave Max open more "freely".
Jean-François.


At 6/8/07 3:34 AM, you wrote :

> 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
> 
> ----------
> 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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