[PD] pd + midi = glitches [calling all Gurus!]

[derek holzer]

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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