ken,

i think the problem in the email you are referring to is a hardware/confgiuration problem. i use a Hammerfall under Win2000Pro, with very large buffer settings even, and notice no appreciable lag or latency in my MIDI controller messages [from Doepfer pocket controller]. but that is a Hammerfall... maybe some other MIDI in/out device would do it different.

one thing we don't know wanything about is the machine in question. RME has an advisory about USB MIDI in the technical section of their site, warning away from it in certain motherboard/chipset combinations. so, more info is needed to settle that particular problem.

in general, PD MIDI shouldn't be any problem at all, as long as your hardware is sorted out proper.

best, derek

Quoting Ken renueden@earthlink.net:

Are you saying that you/we cannot play pd synths in real-time with a midi controller? I'm just getting around to installing pd for curiousity coming from the Csound camp, but my plans were/are to set up real-time playable midi machines. Is this possible in pd or am I misunderstanding? Thanks,