Hello list,
I asked a similar question a while back, so apologies for repeating myself.
If I have a patch like so:
[osc~ 440] | | [dac~]
Should I get a clean output signal from my speakers?
At the moment, the only way for me to get a signal without distortion is to do this:
[osc~ 440] | | [*~ 0.0038] <- found through trial and error :-) | | [dac~]
The above patch makes a clear sound for me.
My mixer settings are nominal. Other audio apps - xmms, play, mplayer, etc work properly.
My question: Is there a "hidden" gain control I can tweak on the pd command line? Is this behaviour normal? It's as if pd is setting the sound card's gain to a very high level, causing distortion - but mixer tells me everything is nominal.
I would simply upgrade to the latest version instead of troubling the list, but it's proving to be troublesome to compile under FreeBSD 4.8. There is a ports version, but it is still at 0.35. I'm on the verge of replacing my FreeBSD with Linux just for the sake of pd :-)
Cheers,
Nick!