Dear list,
I had two different questions to ask:
1st:
- I am trying to install PD in my school, where the pc there (w98) has two
soundcards: the standard stereo (analog devices' soundmax), and a more "serious" eight channel board (Prodif T 2496). The result of pd -listdev is the following: midi output device #1: Microsoft GS wavetable SW synth audio input device #1: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 1/2 audio input device #2: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 3/4 audio input device #3: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 5/6 audio input device #4: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 7/8 audio input device #5: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 1/2 audio input device #6: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 3/4 audio input device #7: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 5/6 audio input device #8: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 7/8 audio input device #9: SoundMAX Digital Audio audio output device #1: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 1/2 audio output device #2: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 3/4 audio output device #3: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 5/6 audio output device #4: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF1 7/8 audio output device #5: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 1/2 audio output device #6: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 3/4 audio output device #7: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 5/6 audio output device #8: Prodif T 2496 : TDIF2 7/8 audio output device #9: SoundMAX Digital Audio
For some reason, I cannot make pd to use the prodif card. If I start pd with no options, it will use the normal stereo board, but when I use options such as -soundoutdev 1, I get a reply from the system "waveoutopen device: MMSYSTEM004 The device is being used. Repeat the process when the device is free." (I'm translating from german, so the english message might be not equal) Of course that no other program is or was open at the time, and the program works with no sound. I wanted to ask, if this is a problem from the soundboard, or it is related to pd (or if has anybody encountered something similar). But also if I would want to use the 8 channels, which kind of parameters would be necessary to choose, since when nothing is specified pd uses the stereo board. Something like this? -soundoutdev 1 -soundoutdev 2 -soundoutdev 3 -soundoutdev 4 -outchannels 8
2nd question: I'm trying to make patches that might work on pd and max. Is there a kind of script that makes an automatic change of the objects when necessary? For example, osc~ should change to cycle~ when the file is saved as pat, that bang, toggle objects and float atoms are recognised, etc. From browsing the text files, it seems that it would be easily solved in a simple way, just adapting the output format of pd to max's input format. I am not a programmer and don't know much of this kind of code, but I can browse the files a little better to know what to change, if somebody would be interested in developing this aspect. Is there also any place where there is a "compatibility archive" between both programs, or, where objects from max that doesn't exist in pd are stored? (and also the opposite, although here might not be the most appropriate place to ask)
I was using the latest test of pd, and also the latest of max (I think it was 4).
João Miguel Pais