[music-dsp] Tuning OS X dsping

[Urs Heckmann]

Hi,

it's so silent on the list, I thought I'd share some insights about 
optimizing MacOS X Applications.

I installed CHUD (Computer Hardware Understanding Tools) 2.0, and it 
lets you inspect incredible things in your software in a yet 
comfortable manner. Especially Shikari, which measures how long things 
take and lets you go through disassembled code with graphical 
representation of where the cpu cycles went, is a no-brainer. Next, 
MONster, counts events like cache misses, measures bandwidth etc. etc. 
- There are more tools and options over options which can't be 
explained here (I havn't found out about all of them, but the docs are 
quite exhaustive with step-by-step optimization examples).

Folks, these tools are incredible. If you want to get rid of 
performance problems, they simply beam out of your screen into your 
mind. Best: They are free!

Cheers,

;)  Urs



urs heckmann
urs at u-he.com
www.u-he.com

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