This is probably more of a "why" question then a "how", but, what are the benefits/drawbacks of using a phasor~ based clock over a metro? I've been digging through patches lately, trying to absorb as much as I can, an I'm noticing more phasor~'s being used as clock sources.

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I didn't come up with much when searchg the forums.

Thanks!

-pete-

Cool, good info!

Maelstorm: I'm going to try your phasor~ setup this evening.

Thanks!

-pete-

I remember reading [expr~] was very heavy computationally. Is this correct? obviously if you are only using one metro like this it should not be a big deal but perhaps this form should only be used in places where the extra precision is needed?

-Jon

I don't think in this case it's that much more computationally expensive. Of course, I'd rather just use [<~], which is less expensive, but that's not flying with Pd-extended right now.

i think it is [fexpr~] that is really bad for cpu usage. and maybe if you do really long expressions, [expr~] will hold things up a bit, but otherwise don't worry. i have made patches with dozens possibly hundreds of [expr~] objects running.

It is helpful for us thanx

Hey this is awesome, I still have to get used to using signals to do my work for me!

How would you go about turning this on or off if you are using it to count?

Ah I figured it out with [spigot~]

Send a frequency of 0 to [phasor~] to stop it dead in its tracks.

Ah that's even better! Thanks!