Hello,

I'm just getting started with pd and I'm having a problem that I can't seem to figure out. Essentially, any tone played through pd is interspersed with metronomic clicks, including the test tone. I've tried re-installing the program, messing with the audio preferences on my computer in case it is a buffering thing (I'm using a powerPC running OSX) and nothing seems to fix the problem. The only thing I haven't tried is using an external DAC as my audio I/O and only because I'm at work, and I leave that at home. Has anyone encountered this before? Any ideas on what the problem could be? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

i had this on my old laptop running a tascam soundcard,. the only solution i could find was running pd with a default blocksize of 256. startup flag was: -block 256 , i think.

Just to be sure I'm doing this right, can I change the blocksize through the "startup" menu in preferences, or do I have to enter that in the terminal?

I'm beginning to think it's actually a synching issue between the ADC and the DAC. I just noticed I'm getting a "audio I/O error" in the printout. Everything seems right in terms of sample rate, and I turned the internal mic on my comp down to zero, in case that was a problem. Maybe I'll have better luck when I get home and bust out the Apogee.

>>Just to be sure I'm doing this right, can I change the blocksize through the "startup" menu in preferences, or do I have to enter that in the terminal?<<

either, i think.

you can also try JACK audio if you can get your head around it. (first hit on google for 'jack')