Because Pd needs exclusive access the audio card. Jack abstract that creating various streams of audio data and then routing it to the playback device.
2010/6/30 Matteo Sisti Sette <[email protected]> > On 06/30/2010 08:41 PM, Pedro Lopes wrote: > >> I strongly advise using "Jack" as the audio engine in Ubuntu. >> > > Ohhh! Thanks. > I thought Jack was ("only") a sort of "virtual audio cable" for connecting > the output of an app to the input of another. I guess it is _also_ that. > > Anyway, just out of curiosity, why cannot two pd's using oss or alsa both > work simultaneously while other apps apparently can? > > > Thanks > m. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- Fagote / Contrafagote Bassoon / Contra-bassoon http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro
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