[PD-dev] audio interruptions from outside events (only with Pd)

[Thomas Grill]

Am 04.12.2006 um 15:30 schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner:

>
> We are in the middle of trying to make [hidio] as robust as  
> possible in terms of plugging and unplugging devices.  One thing I  
> noticed is that if I have Pd running only a sine wave, then I plug  
> or unplug a USB device, I get an interruption in the sound.
>
> If I do the same thing with Audacity or Max/MSP, there is not  
> interruption in the sound.  Any ideas what's the root of this?

I have no idea about the inner workings of hidio (is there a separate  
low-priority thread for handling the HID requests?), but Max/MSP has  
a different thread for DSP processing, and messaging is split into  
high and low-priority tasks.

best greetings,
Thomas

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