On 03/10/12 12:29, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On 10/03/2012 05:54 AM, Delpistroumph wrote: > >> But I still have the error warning message: 'midi timer resolution to >> low'.(in French for my version) > I was thinking about this just the other day. I have the same problem > currently, and have been debating what to do about it. > > Several years ago, they changed the default timer resolution in the > Linux kernel from 1000 Hz to 250 Hz. We implemented the warning back > then to encourage people to recompile their kernels with this variable > set back to the original 1000 Hz. One thing I noticed is that midi seems much more precise and less 'jittery' if jack latency is low, epsecially with alsa-midi, but I think this is something different.
I also wonder if/how alsa and jack midi relate to this kind of issue. Lorenzo. > > There were several distros who shipped "studio" kernels that had this > option set to our requirements, but these days that no longer appears to > be the case. > > In the years that have passed since all of this changed, I've never seen > one other Linux MIDI project express any concern about the kernel timer > resolution change. Rosegarden seems to be alone in worrying about this. > > I have been thinking maybe it is time to just remove the warning and let > it go. I know Chris Cannam was completely convinced that the new 250 Hz > timer resolution couldn't possibly reproduce MIDI correctly, and that > concern was backed up by sound reasoning and actual math skills. Be > that as it may, it remains the case that not one other soul anywhere > else on the Earth cares, and it seems to be a complete non-issue > everywhere except here at Rosegarden. > > Maybe it's time to kill the warning. > > There are some pretty hardcore MIDI power users on this list. Do you > guys have any opinion here? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
