On May 14, 2008, at 9:40 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> I mean if you write a patch that needs special hardware, then you >> would handle the settings in the patch. I think most people set >> up their primary hardware to the primary soundcard, then it "just >> works" with Pd default audio settings. > > i think we are not that far appart. > > however, i cannot resist to make 2 remarks > > 1. > first, i don't know what you mean by "special hardware". > is a multichannel soundcard "special"? is an external soundcard > (usb, firewire, pcmcia,...) "special"? > > i think that most (though not all) people will use their built-in > soundcard (if present) for everyday purposes. > but few (though some) people will use their crappy laptop soundcard > for a performance... > > so if your "application" is just for people to test things out > (instead of using it in a "professional" way), i would say you are > on the right track. > however, in this case i (personally) think too much time has > already been spent on the topic. > > whoa, all this sounds rather elitist. it is not my intention (nor > my self-perception :-)) > i am just trying to find a way to do preferences in a re-useable > way...
It seems that a good Jack API in Pd would be the best way to handle multi-channel setups that are meant to work on multiple computers. When I use my 6 channel setup, it's with Jack. I can't see any other reasonable way of handling all of the different setup possibilities with multichannel sound cards. .hc > 2. > if most people set up their "primary hardware to the primary > soundcard" and use Pd's default audio settings, then there is no > need for other settngs :-) > if people have to use the audio-settings (for whatever reasons), > then an application should not plainly ignore it. > hence my request to split the preferences into hardware and > software specific settings. > > >> Or at least I do it this way on ALSA and Mac OS X (I only use >> Windows to test Pd bugs). > > :-) > > fgmasdr > IOhannes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- There is no way to peace, peace is the way. -A.J. Muste _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
