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

Pedro Lopes pedro.lopes at ist.utl.pt
Sun Jul 25 21:04:46 CEST 2010


Only in the first week of August.. (I'm outside of home and only have a
Linux here :D )

But I will do so.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:

>
> Could you also try Pd-extended 0.42.5?  Someone reported troubles earlier,
> and I want to make sure things are working before I make the final release:
>
> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
>
> .hc
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Pedro Lopes wrote:
>
> I just installed a Motu Ultralite today. Download the latest drivers
> (called Windows universal Motu Firewire/USB Audio) from MOTU website...
>
> Seems to work perfectly with PD (all channels with either ASIO or Windows
> native sound driver).
>
> pd = extended 0.41-4
>
> Best of luck,
> Pedro
> p.s.: same drivers work with ultralite and ultralite hybrid (I have them
> both here), either on XP and 7 (tested here).
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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