[PD] pd and jack, informal survey

[martin brinkmann]

James wrote:
> i'd like to take an informal survey. is it true that you can do no serious
> work with puredata using the jack audio server for linux and mac os x?

no, i have no major problems with jack (jackd 0.100.0) & pd (0.39-2)
on linux (ubuntu dapper), using a m-audio 2496 soundcard.
though i get clicks and crackles (and pd dio erros) when the
latency is set quite low, and the pd-patch uses a lot of gui
elements, or when i drag windows etc. (afaik this is more a general 
problem of the pd gui).
when recording i set the latency to soemthing about 20 ms to
be on the safe side.
i do not use much other software at the same time,
only pd, mhwave for recording and eventually seq24.
(or jamin & mhwave, without pd)

another strange problem with jack: after running qemu or dosbox,
i get the "delay exceeds estimated spare time" messages when
jack runs in realtime mode, but only about every 3rd oe 2nd time.
the only solution i have found so far is to reboot.
(that feels very win95 ;-))

bis denn!
	martin