From 0e7c0c4c4d721889d7f8770cc0f24eff4ef1454d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armin <armin@cherry>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 00:39:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build with all cores by default (JOBS override)

---
 Makefile  | 5 ++++-
 README.md | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6196e66..d28eb2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ BUILD_DIR  ?= build
 CONFIG     ?= Release
 PLUGIN_BASE = RMX-19
 
+# Parallel compile: use every logical core by default. Override with `make JOBS=8`.
+JOBS       ?= $(shell nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 4)
+
 CMAKE      := cmake
 BUILD_DIR_ABSPATH := $(abspath $(BUILD_DIR))
 ARTEFACTS  := $(BUILD_DIR)/RMX19_artefacts/$(CONFIG)
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE := $(CONFIG)
 all: build
 
 build: configure
-	$(CMAKE) --build $(BUILD_DIR) --config $(CONFIG) --parallel
+	$(CMAKE) --build $(BUILD_DIR) --config $(CONFIG) --parallel $(JOBS)
 
 juce:
 	@if [ ! -d "$(JUCE_DIR)" ]; then \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dbace0..addd353 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@ make info       # print build paths
 
 On Linux the AU format is skipped automatically; only the VST3 is produced, and
 `make install` copies it to `~/.vst3` (JUCE's default Linux VST3 scan path).
-A plain `cmake -S . -B build -DJUCE_ROOT=<JUCE source> && cmake --build build`
-works on Linux as well.
+A plain `cmake -S . -B build -DJUCE_ROOT=<JUCE source> && cmake --build build --parallel`
+works on Linux as well. Both `make` and that command compile with all logical
+cores by default; override with `make JOBS=8`.
 
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