julian! you're a legend!!! that was totally the problem. it totally makes sense too, because when i sent a couple of 'open' messages in a row, i wouldn't get clicks, but if i left it for a while, it would drop out.
now i have zero dropouts. awesome._______________________________________________Pd-list@iem.at mailing listUNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list