Hi everyone,

I am looking for help, to solve my problem with pure data and my audio interface. I am using PD as life performing software, and I need to use my external audio interface for better quality and avoid sound delay.
Interface I am using, is zoom R24 recorder with interface and some other stuff. PD can find it easy and it use no problem as sound output device, but once I set up input to use mic, it cut the sound off, and mic have no sight of life... I was trying different drivers, and possibilities to turn mic on, but no luck...
Is there anyway how I could use it as audio input and output for life performing... Maybe I need some special drivers, or use special commands to turn it on?
My internal audio card works fine, and the setup as internal audio card as input, and output to external interface works also... But once I switch, no signals! What should I do?!

Thanks.

@StraitFire said:

Edit:: found the accelerometer examples in mrmr...how do I build one of those widgets in the interface builder?

Ahh, check out the doc page: http://poly.share.dj/projects/#mrmr.

Click on Mrmr interface protocol. There's an explanation of how the interface(just a textfile, really) works. I usually start with the interface builder and then hack it in a text editor.

I'm running Pd 0.40-3-extended in Gentoo, everything seems to work fine except that I'm having serious problems with getting PD to recognize my Doepfer midi interface (analogue knobs to midi).
The only midi interface it does recognize is my midi keyboard which PD find as an OSS device #1.

However, the Doepfer interface works fine if you look at the raw output with cat:
cat /dev/midi
But PD just refuses to find find it.
Perhaps there is some cheap hack to fool PD to start caring about my /dev/midi instead of only listening to /dev/midi1?

Both the midi keyboard and Dopefer midi interface are run over USB.

Any one got some special tricks 'n tips perhaps?

Hi!

I've just installed pd, but I'm having trouble configuring it. I'm running under Windows 2000, but I don't think that's the issue. I have a Tascam US-122 USB interface. When I go into "Audio settings" in the "media" menu and try to select it as "input device 1" and "output device 1", I get the following error message (twice):

"separate audio device choice not supported\; using sequential devices."

Does "separate audio device" mean "external audio device"? In other words, external USB interfaces aren't supported? Or am I doing something wrong? I've used many other programs with my Tascam interface, such as Audacity, without any problem (apart from an initial learning curve).

And what is meant by "sequential devices"? I also have a Sound Blaster Audigy card installed, but I'd prefer to use my Tascam interface, if possible.

Thanks,
David.

Hey Guys,

I've noticed, consistently, that if I select my MOTU 828mkII as both Audio In and Audio Out in PD .39extended (newest build from Hans in daily builds, RC4) my CPU usage jumps to almost double as compared to CPU usage with my Built In audio as Audio In and Audio Out. I have not seen this behaviour in any other Mac OS X application.

I've found a way around this.

If you're a Mac OS X user, go ahead and download Soundflower from Cycling74's website: http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/soundflower
Soundflower mirrors Jack in function, but is only available for OS X. It creates a virtual 2 channel and 16 channel interface in your OS so you can route audio between applications and out the soundcard.

To work around this CPU usage bug with firewire interfaces, select Soundflower 2ch or Soundflower 16ch as your default Audio Out / Audio In within Pd. Then within the Soundflowerbed menu, select your firewire interface as your soundflower output. I don't know why this works, but it does. You can now decrease your CPU usage up to about 2x when using a firewire interface. Screenshots follow.

Builtin audio OR soundflower as output while playing the 7. datastructure sequencer demo

Firewire as audio output while playing the 7. datastructure sequencer demo

Soundflower config

hi forum.

we proudly announce the first public release of our compact composer
for pd, mmm.
grab it at http://netpd.org/mmm-0.1.0.zip
mmm is best described in it's faq, see below. don't expect too much
yet, there is still a lot to be done. comments, bugreports, cash, are
welcome.

have fun with it!
christopher charles & enrique erne

faq for mmm-0.1.0 - eden

what is mmm?
mmm is a pd patch collection aimed at providing a studiolike(?),
streamlined, dynamic interface for making synthetic music.

screenshots?
http://www.netpd.org/mmm.png
ymmv depending on your operating system. we put some effort in
detecting the operating system and setting the fontsize according to
it, but quirky xorg or dpi settings might screw things up again.

where can i get it?
we currently host the mmm at http://netpd.org/mmm-0.1.0.zip ,
alternatively, you can grab netpd, enter the chat, and if either of
the authors is online, download it directly through netpd and start
rocking.

what does "mmm" stand for?
mmm was originally just the working title, but we came to like it
somehow. the original meaning is "music making machine" but you can
substitute every m for whatever you want. so "massive multiplayer
music" is okay with us, too.

what is the inspiration?
having worked on/with the bagoftricks (lots inconsistently coloured
gop-patches to be connected freely) and netpd (lots of
inconsistent-looking windows to clutter up the screen), we came to
mock up an clean, dynamic interface in which modules don't bring their
own gop or open their own window, but log onto the interface that's
provided for them by the motherpatch. all modules sharing the same
interface made it easy for them to share the same sequencer and
arranger.

what are the dependencies?
mmm should work with pd-0.39 and zexy installed. iemlib is important
for many synth and effects patches, and there's even set of gem
modules you can chain if you want.

is it actually usable?
no. this 0.1.0 release is rather a tech demo and a taste of things to
potentially come. you can crunch some acid loops out of it already,
but don't sell your protools studio equipment to start working with
mmm on monday.

how does it work?
mmm's interface (mmmmain.pd) is divided into 3 parts: there is the
module/channel view, where you can chain up synths and effects on 8
different channels. select an empty field on a channel, and then use
the scrollbox on the left to select a patch and open it. when clicking
on a patch you loaded up in the module view, the 2nd view comes into
play: from there you control the patch's sliders on the left, right of
it is the stepsequencer for each of the slider (means everything is
sequencable!). yet you won't hear anything until you did the following
2 things: press play in the uppermost row of mmmmain, and set up the
arranger to play the stepsequence. the arranger is not module-based,
but controls all modules of a channel are grouped in the arranger. for
now, you can only select pattern 01 or nothing to play in the
arranger. so set up a loop for the first pattern (loopstart:0,
looplength:1) set the first field on the channel you got your patch on
in the arranger to p01 and start making some noise.

does it work online?
yes. mmm is compatible to netpd and will automatically log on to
netpd's server if you have the netpd chat open. you can also download
the whole mmm package through netpd. feel free to jam around the
world.

what's not working yet / what is planned?
as for now, there is no support for samples whatsoever, it isn't
planned to support them soon. further, there is no hard disk recorder
available yet, but it is planned. the arranger/sequencer combo is very
crippled at the moment, only supporting 1 16-step-pattern to choose
from and 1 page of 16 patterns in the arranger. this will change
rather soon. next there are plans for luxury editing functions,
especially in the sequencer like copy, paste, random pattern,
interpolation and so on. plans exist for full keyboard control, but
this will be worked on not too soon. the module roster is far from
being complete yet, more is to come.

can i save my stuff?
should be possible with the buttons above the channels. don't rely on
the result though, this is still 0.1.0

can i add my own modules?
modules are not to hard to write, but for now, the list of selectable
modules is hardcoded. look at all the 4m-* patches in the patches
folder to see how they are ticking. contact us for adding your patch
to the mmm or try to figure out yourself how it works

what's the license?
mmm is licensed under the gnu lgpl. if you think this is a too useful
product to be free of charge, please consider donating the amount of
money you would've paid for it (or the amount of money you got from
selling your protools equipment on monday) to a trust of your choice.

who are the authors?
mmm is developed by enrique erne (eni, swiss, pd{at}mild.ch) and
christopher charles (syntax_tn, germany, chr.m.charles{at}gmail.com).
we can be contacted via email, irc (#dataflow) or directly in the
netpd chat. several patches within mmm are based upon netpd versions
of them, check netpd for the original authors. mmm shares some of it's
netcode with netpd, by roman haefeli.

disclaimer.
we cannot give you any guarantees on using mmm, not even that you
have fun. it should be relatively harmless, but don't come crying to
us if mmm accidently hijacks your *mule and downloads david hasslehoff
recordings to your computer.

eofaq

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Hi. I'm new to PD and trying to get it working with my Mackie 400F interface. The problem is that everytime I switch audio on, it resets my interface to 192k sample rate which results in clicking audio ... i manually set the interface back to 44.1 and the sound is fine. Then next time i switch audio off/on, the interface resets to 192k even though PD is set to 44.1. Does anyone have any idea about why this is and what i might do about it, by any chance?

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