i just stumbled upon this "Audio Off" label in the Pd-console (mostly because i have been annoyed for the past few years that has a fixed font size), and i have seriously no idea what it is supposed to tell me.
i have even consulted the Pd manual, but it doesn't even mention it.
could anybody shed a light why we need this? could we get rid of it and be none the wiser?
if not, could we change it's wording (e.g. replace "On" with "connected" or "available" or somesuch?). and change it from a fixed font-size to the default size (so you can change it)
gfmnsadf IOhannes
It switches to "Audio On" if DSP is ticked. Not particularly useful to be honest. There is also the "I/O Error" message that appears on some backends when dropouts occur. Is this message displayed on the same label? I'm too lazy to check...
On 01.02.2022 16:46, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
i just stumbled upon this "Audio Off" label in the Pd-console (mostly because i have been annoyed for the past few years that has a fixed font size), and i have seriously no idea what it is supposed to tell me.
i have even consulted the Pd manual, but it doesn't even mention it.
could anybody shed a light why we need this? could we get rid of it and be none the wiser?
if not, could we change it's wording (e.g. replace "On" with "connected" or "available" or somesuch?). and change it from a fixed font-size to the default size (so you can change it)
gfmnsadf IOhannes
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On 2/1/22 16:50, Christof Ressi wrote:
It switches to "Audio On" if DSP is ticked. Not particularly useful to be honest.
and if you turn it off? this label is *not* a status indicator for the DSP engine.
There is also the "I/O Error" message that appears on some backends when dropouts occur. Is this message displayed on the same label? I'm too lazy to check...
no that's a different label. (the "I/O Error" label is just not visible by default)
gfmadrs IOhannes
Am 1. Februar 2022 17:30:46 MEZ schrieb Christof Ressi info@christofressi.com:
It switches to "Audio On" if DSP is ticked. Not particularly useful to be honest.
and if you turn it off?
It says "Audio Off".
this label is *not* a status indicator for the DSP engine.
To me it *seems* it is. But I haven't checked what it actually does.
Afaict it indicates whether Pd is connected to an audio backend. Normally, Pd will only connect to the backend when you (first) turn on the DSP - that's why it will switch to "on" if you turn DSP on. Whether Pd will switch of the backend when turning DSP off obviously depends on the backend. On your Windows thus seems to be the case, but with JACK it's left open (and we want it that way ;-)) but that means that the label says "Audio On" even though DSP is off...
I can see the merit in this information, but the current wording is terrible.
mfg.sfg.jfd IOhannes
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