[PD] Limit bandwith for MIDI output / precise metro

[Miller Puckette]

I believe if you edit s_midi.c and change:

        if (midi_outqueue[midi_outtail].q_time <= midirealtime)

to

	if (1)

and

        if (midi_inqueue[midi_intail].q_time <= logicaltime)

also to

	if (1)

that will make it fast-as-possible.  The queueing code should probably
be surrounded by an ifdef to make this easier (perhaps someday...)

cheers
M

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 06:23:15PM +0100, Cyrille Henry wrote:
> Is there a way to bypass all of this?
> my pd usage usually imply sending and receiving as fast as possible.
> sending delay usually annoy me.
> cheers
> c
> 
> 
> Le 27/11/2012 18:06, Miller Puckette a écrit :
> >Pd tries to time-stamp MIDI on input and tries to delay sending MIDI output
> >until the correct time; but Pd's accuracy in doing this is limited by the
> >fact that it can't input or output MIID while it is either sleeping or running
> >(only when the scheduler polls for what-to-do-next after either a task or a
> >sleep has finished.)
> >
> >It would be more accurate for Pd to rely on either software interrupts or even
> >better on some underlying OS time-tagging mechanism (for instance by exploiting
> >whatever portmidi does).  But I have to admit I've never treated this as a high
> >priority (which one might take as an implied value judgement about MIDI).
> >
> >cheers
> >Miller
> >
> >On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:44:06AM +0100, Cyrille Henry wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>Le 27/11/2012 10:36, IOhannes m zmoelnig a écrit :
> >>...
> >>>with MIDI, Pd doesn't do any buffering and no synchronisation to some
> >>>external clock is done, so messages appear in bursts which you notice
> >>>as a inaccurate timing.
> >>
> >>There is 1 strange thing however : pd did some kind of buffering with midi, in order to synchronise with audio out.
> >>if you configure 100ms audio latency, then a midi loop will be between 100 and 105ms.
> >>with 10ms audio buffer out, the midi loop is between 10 and 15ms.
> >>but this buffer should not change anything on timing except adding latency.
> >>cheers
> >>c
> >>
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