Performance Mode – WP Premium Feature Highlight

Overview

“Performance Mode” was introduced exclusively for our Github sponsors and Premium WordPress users.

It uses a faster algorithm to render the music sheet, resulting in up to 3x less rendering time. This is especially noticeable in larger sheets, e.g.: Sheets with more instruments or parts, that are also longer than 8-10 A4 pages.
The complexity of the sheet also has an effect; For example, in our testing, rendering the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Movement 1 full score takes ~20 seconds without performance mode. With it, we get down to 14 seconds.
But rendering a sheet with less fugal note runs (though still long with a large number of instruments) such as Lee Actor’s “Prelude To A Tragedy”, we’ve been able to go from 15 seconds to 4.5.

Usage

Block

Performance Mode is a cinch to use: Simply enable it via the Checkbox under “Premium Options” for the block:

Shortcode

You can also set the attribute ‘renderWithPerformanceMode’ to true for the shortcode:

Comparison

Finally, here’s a brief comparison of the time it takes to render with and without performance mode, using a large piece:

Let’s stay in touch

Other than new upgrades and plugins we’re very busy with making new content and screencasts about OSMD and sheet music in general. Join our Discord channel to meet other sheet music devs or showcase your projects. You can also become a sponsor to get exclusive goodies and early releases to our builds like the audio player, or just try the OSMD demos.

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