[PD] OSX, low latency and JACK

Max Neupert abonnements at revolwear.com
Wed Sep 21 15:29:31 CEST 2005


Am 21.09.2005 um 15:21 schrieb day 5:

> On Sep 21, 2005, at 9:01 AM, derek holzer wrote:
>
>
>> BUMP!
>>
>> OK, since nobody bit the last one... a simpler question: what  
>> would be the best way to go to use PD with Jack on OSX?
>>
>
> You can use the nice GUI program found at http://www.jackosx.com/  
> perfect for n00bs and others.
>
> On Sep 21, 2005, at 9:01 AM, derek holzer wrote:
>
>
>> Compile Miller's, compile Devel or use one of the installers (and  
>> if so which?)
>>
>
> The only catch is that it only works with Pd version 0.37 (That  
> runs in Terminal + Wish!) or as one user put it "an older version".


i don't think so. look here:
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
Pd-0.39test2-extended-RC0.app Test Version

runs nicely.


max


> Thus I have been using 0.39 devel and 0.37 concurrently  
> specifically for this reason you mention. The Digidesign hardware  
> doesn't work for some reason with the new versions of Pd?? It shows  
> up but there is no output. Maybe it was a change in the CoreAudio  
> driver or something.
>
> Although in reference to the CoreAudio driver, I've had a little  
> success with the method of first launch the manager (Digi CoreAudio  
> Manager), change settings then launch clients. It seems for some  
> reason settings are disabled once a client is connected (??)
>
>
> -d5
>
>
>>
>> From an OSX n00b ;-)
>>
>> d.
>>
>>
>> derek holzer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list!
>>> Tim Blechmann wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Can I infer from this statement that using JACK on OSX is a
>>>>> low-latency option?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it will probably give better latencies on osx than portaudio ... in
>>>> miller's branch, although i'm not sure, if it's possible to compile
>>>> pd/jack on osx... (iirc hans has been trying this ... didn't really
>>>> follow this, though)
>>>>
>>>> in devel, it shouldn't be a big difference if you're running pd  
>>>> with
>>>> the changed scheduler, that's computing dsp in the audio driver  
>>>> thread.
>>>>
>>> Can anyone currently using PD for low latency audio on OSX follow  
>>> up on this?
>>> I'd like to know if anyone has done any "speed tests" between  
>>> Linux with ALSA and with JACK compared to OSX with Portaudio and  
>>> with JACK. How much latency should I expect to lose from my HDSP,  
>>> for example, if I run the same patches I normally use under Linux/ 
>>> JACK on OSX/Portaudio or OSX/JACK?
>>> Also if anyone has had difficulty/success compiling PD with JACK  
>>> support on OSX, either Main or Devel branch.
>>> [Yes, BTW, I am thinking of getting a new computer! ;-)  ]
>>> thx,
>>> derek
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl
>> ---Oblique Strategy # 68:
>> "Faced with a choice, do both"
>>
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