[sc-dev] idle scsynth CPU usage

[Joshua Parmenter <joshp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I've been noticing something strange with scsynth (this is after all  
the other CPU strangeness that has been happening appears to have  
worked itself out). Basically, I noticed in Activity Monitor and top  
that simply starting scsynth has it running at 8% of the CPU with  
nothing happening. The server window reports 0.2%. This is on one of  
the 1.67 GHz PowerBooks. Either way... a recent build on my old  
machine (1.5 GHz PB) shows about 1% in Activity Monitor. I just did a  
fresh build... I'm wondering if anyone else sees anything like this  
in a new build? And if so... is this perhaps a recent change that has  
done this? Or is it my machine that is causing the problem... which  
based on my experiences over the past couple days wouldn't surprise me!

Thanks,

Josh


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Joshua Parmenter
joshp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Center for Digital Arts and  
Experimental Media
Raitt Hall - University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195

http://www.dxarts.washington.edu
http://www.realizedsound.net/josh/