[PD] Metro unstable osx

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Feb 17, 2006, at 4:57 AM, timon botez wrote:

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> On 16 Feb 2006, at 16:54, derek holzer wrote:
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>> Hi Timon,
>>
>> timon wrote:
>> > Hi, I have this weird problem.
>> > Ive been trying various installers over the last years. On all of  
>> them
>> > the metro is unstable.
>> <snip>
>> > the metro stutters irregularly.
>>
>> Can't say I've experienced this. A few questions:
>>
>> 1) What do you mean by "stuttering"?
>>
> Irregular bangs coming out of the metro.
>
>> 2) Does it happen when only using PD, w/o Reason or Live?
>
> I havent tried. As I use reason or live to generate audio. Ill do a  
> little test.
>
>> 3) Is it a visual stutter (a connected bang GUI-element appears to  
>> trigger irregularly), or does it have an audible reaction (a  
>> triggered note plays irregularly)? I ask because the GUI of the  
>> installers is incredibly slow compared with older versions.

Could you elaborate on this slowness?  This is not something that I  
have noticed, but it sounds like a problem.

.hc


>>
>
> NO. Its definitely hear-able.
>
>> Please verify that the problem happens in PD only, perhaps by using  
>> the metro to switch an oscillator on and off. If it works fine in PD,  
>> then the problem could be the MIDI connection with Reason, or how  
>> Reason handles the incoming data. Also it would help to have your OSX  
>> version, I imagine. Then somebody can narrow down what the cause  
>> might be.
>>
> This has been occurring on 10.3++ and 10.4++. I have looked at ways of  
> monitoring this in PD, but as you say, the GUI redraws slowly and  
> irregularly. With that in mind it looks like its within PD.
>
> Cheers,
> Timon.
>
>> d.
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>> --  
>> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl
>> ---Oblique Strategy # 12:
>> "Always give yourself credit for having more than personality"
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