[PD] pd + midi = glitches [calling all Gurus!]
derek holzer
derek at x-i.net
Sun Mar 21 19:33:47 CET 2004
I hate to sound desperate.. ;-)
...but I have to perform with this rig on Tuesday, and these
unpredictable MIDI-induced glitches in PD are making me a wee bit
nervous. Do any of the gurus-in-residence on this list have any
suggestions about this?
thx again, d.
derek holzer wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> Maybe someone can help me out of this latest head-scratcher:
>
> I have noticed that I tend to get audio glitches during performance when
> using external MIDI controllers, using the MIDI-in of my HDSP card under
> Linux [haven't tried any other way, however]. Tonight, experimenting
> with only the "test Audio + MIDI" help patch and my MIDI fader box, I
> found that, yes, MIDI appears to be the cause of the problem. It doesn't
> glitch every time, but it does do it fairly often when changing the
> faders, and never when I don't touch them. Using OSS or Jack does not
> make any difference, although Jack happily reports:
>
>
> **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.042 msecs
>
> every time a glitch occurs. I also tried starting pd as -rt [with
> "sudo"] as well as setting the period size of Jack to 2048 [much more
> than an HDSP should need!] and using that in realtime mode as well.
>
> PD + ALSA + HDSP does not work on my setup, although PD + ALSA + i810
> soundcard works fine. Go figure.
>
> Any of you other HDSP users out there see this? I wonder if it has
> anything to do with audio + MIDI sharing one device? Improbable, I know,
> but still....
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> D.
>
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