I know. My response was tongue in cheek as I knew this ahead of time but, so far, it hasn't been a problem with the music that I make ...

On Jan 1, 2014, at 2:08 AM, pd-list-request@iem.at wrote:

From: Simon Wise <simonzwise@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PD] headroom in Pd
Date: January 1, 2014 at 12:50:55 AM GMT+1
To: pd-list@iem.at


On 31/12/13 08:30, Dan Wilcox wrote:
Ouch. I guess alot of us don't have serious projects :D (Out of curiosity, does Max do soft clipping also?)

the point was that OSX was messing with the sound between the software, presumably any software, and the audio output ... which may perhaps be called a feature while listening to songs in iTunes but is a big worry if you are trying to use the system seriously as a musician. It is a problem that comes up on this list from time to time, I don't recall any reply saying it could be bypassed or turned off.

Simon

--------
Dan Wilcox
@danomatika