<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>In Pd-extended, check out:</div><div><br></div><div>Help -> Browser -> hcs -> get-audio-dialog-help.pd</div><div><br></div><div>You can use that to grab the settings from the Audio dialog and embed them in the patch.</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div><br><div><div>On Jan 29, 2011, at 6:59 AM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>You could use the -audiodev flag (<a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/AdvancedConfig">http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/AdvancedConfig</a>) but I never used it on Mac, so I'm not sure whether it is appliable; with flags you could also specify sound servers/API to playback with. So another solution could just be to use jack (I usually reccommend to install jack on Mac for better flexibility and efficiency). Then you would start jack with an appropriate profile and Pd with -jack and -channels flag and you're done.</div> <div><a href="http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jackosx/JackOSX/0.87/JackOSX.0.87.Documentation.pdf">http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jackosx/JackOSX/0.87/JackOSX.0.87.Documentation.pdf</a></div> <div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Marco</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">i need to tell a patch to select an external sound card when it loads.<br> what's the most efficient method? flags? im on osx, pd-extended, card<br> is a focusrite saffire pro 24.<br> cheers<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> </div><div>-- </div></div>Marco Donnarumma aka TheSAD<br>Independent New Media Arts Professional, Performer, Teacher<br>Ongoing MSc by Research, University of Edinburgh, UK<br> <br><br>PORTFOLIO: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>LAB: <a href="http://www.thesaddj.com" target="_blank">http://www.thesaddj.com</a> | <a href="http://cntrl.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">http://cntrl.sourceforge.net</a> | <a href="http://www.flxer.net" target="_blank">http://www.flxer.net</a><br> EVENT: <a href="http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net" target="_blank">http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net</a><br> _______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</a> mailing list<br>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." --Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of C++)</div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>