[PD] PD & hardware

[marius schebella]

hi,
pd works with any hardware supported by the operating-system (linux for
example does not support every card but most). nevertheless linux has the
best performance, depending on your cpu and soundcard it is can be really
fast. there once was a performance-test posted on this list where linux was
slightly faster than MAC OS (X, I think) and much faster than windows.
marius.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Hug" <d.hug at hyperwerk.ch>
To: <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:43 AM
Subject: [PD] PD & hardware


> Hello list,
>
> I worked w/MAX already and now I'm evaluating PD for a interactive
> installation. The system will play multiple soundfiles over 8 outputs
> simultaneously. The sample playback is modified real-time by the
properties
> of sound that is recorded over microphones on 8 other channels (possibly
> fft?). The mapping of in and out is partially dynamic.
>
> My questions are:
> does PD work with other HW than hammerfall (win or linux)?
> Can I use DSP cards with PD?
> And witch OS is generally recommended (not to hack PD, but to have a
> easy-to-handle and efficient system for a short time project)?
> How's the overall performance with multiple simultaneous in and outs/sound
> analysis/realtime sample playback, especially compared to MAX on an apple?
>
> Many thanks for your help! I really hope to be able to use PD as a
> opensource sound solution.
>
> daniel
>
>