[PD] problem with Windows XP / MOTU 828MKII / PD

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I think there is no dispute that Pd's Windows audio support could be  
much better.  Really the only question is someone doing the work to  
fix it.

.hc

On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I also had problems with Motu Ultralite in Pd (while working  
> perfectly on other software) in Windows XP.
>
> With ASIO I couldn't get more than 2in/2out channels working
>
> I had to enable an option in Motu's control panel to enable some  
> "legacy" mode or feature, and this way I could use more than 2  
> channels on both in and out in Pd (never tested more than 4+4);  
> however I was restricted to use the devices in whatever order Pd saw  
> them, and sometimes the channels belonging to Motu were interleaved  
> with those belonging to the realtek soundcard!
>
> I also got the "resyncing audio" message often
>
> However this was a few versions of Pd ago. I don't know if it's  
> better now.
>
> I think one feature that would make everyone's life easier would be  
> to overcome the annoying limitation that does not let you select  
> multiple devices that are not adjacent in MMIO mode.
>
>
> On 07/19/2010 10:00 PM, Pedro Lopes wrote:
>> Just a small info:
>>
>> - I use Ultralite Mk2 for two years, im many applications where I use
>> motu+asio it usually advances all chanels to correct_number + 2 (live
>> does that =P). So master is I think its because motu has:
>> - master out (1 & 2)
>> - out 1 (becomes 3)
>> - out 2 (becomes 4)
>> ... etc (becomes n + 2)
>>
>> makes sense =)
>>
>>
>> In windows I just installed ASIO driver from MOTU website (be  
>> carefull
>> they have new drivers for many cards) and pd connects to in/out  
>> with no
>> issues. (win xp and motu ultralite)
>>
>> best of luck,
>> Pedro
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
>> <hans at at.or.at
>> <mailto:hans at at.or.at>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>    Which version of Pd are you using?  You might try the latest beta
>>    release of Pd-extended:
>>
>>    http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
>>
>>    .hc
>>
>>
>>    On Jul 19, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Villa Anna wrote:
>>
>>        I'm running Windows xp 32 bit with a MOTU 828MKII.  I  
>> installed
>>        the most recent drivers for the MOTU that I downloaded from  
>> the
>>        MOTU website. Unfortunately I seem to have some very strange
>>        problems and I was hoping some of you might be able to give me
>>        some advice.
>>        When I test the MOTU sound card in an audio sequencer such as
>>        Audition, everything works fine. In PD, however, I have the
>>        following problems:
>>        - I constantly get the message "resyncing audio" and from time
>>        to time: "audio I/O stuck... closing audio"
>>        - using the standard (MMIO) audio and after selecting "use
>>        multiple devices" and selecting the various in/outs: I do not
>>        get any sound on any channel
>>        - using ASIO: What is supposed to be channel 1 becomes channel
>>        3, what is supposed to be channel 2 becomes channel 4, what is
>>        supposed to be channel 3 becomes channel 5, what is supposed  
>> to
>>        be channel 4 becomes channel 6, what is supposed to be  
>> channel 5
>>        becomes channel 7 and there it stops, so channel 6 does not
>>        become channel 8. I also do not get any ouput when I send an
>>        audio signal to channel 1, 2, or 8.
>>
>>        I have no idea what to do anymore, so any help would be  
>> greatly
>>        appreciated.
>>
>>        Thanks in advance,
>>
>>        Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
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