Hi
I am using Adam's 0.36-extended2 packages on OS X and I was unable to
get my EMI 2|6 usb audio interface to work in 6 channel mode (I could
get 2 channel output but no more). I also noticed that others on the
list have had the same problem in the past, and digging around the pd
and portaudio list archives it appeared to be an issue with portaudio.
...so I updated the portaudio source with a nightly tarball,
transferred across Miller's changes in pablio_pd, and recompiled.
Now I can get 6 channel output (wahey!), but the menus etc have reverted to their old behaviour ie listboxes in the pd window rather than menus in the menu bar. I suspect that this is because I have an older/different version of tcl/tk, or maybe just some header files, lying around somewhere from before I installed Adam's packages...
What should I do to make sure my tcl/tk setup is ok and that I am compiling against the right version?
any advice much appreciated...
cheers
-Stu
Hi,
The menu in the menu bar comes from the unofficial ('extended2') pd from Adam (ie, I don' t think it comes from tcl/tk). I did use Adams package (again three days ago) to install tcl/tk, but needed to recompil pd (with a tree from CVS) because I had the same problem with port audio.
I think you did not use an 'extended2' tree but an official one, use this tree and recompil: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/pd-0.36-extended2.tar.gz
Let me know. Alex
On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 01:31 pm, Stu Yarrow wrote:
Hi
I am using Adam's 0.36-extended2 packages on OS X and I was unable to get my EMI 2|6 usb audio interface to work in 6 channel mode (I could get 2 channel output but no more). I also noticed that others on the list have had the same problem in the past, and digging around the pd and portaudio list archives it appeared to be an issue with portaudio. ...so I updated the portaudio source with a nightly tarball, transferred across Miller's changes in pablio_pd, and recompiled.
Now I can get 6 channel output (wahey!), but the menus etc have reverted to their old behaviour ie listboxes in the pd window rather than menus in the menu bar. I suspect that this is because I have an older/different version of tcl/tk, or maybe just some header files, lying around somewhere from before I installed Adam's packages...
What should I do to make sure my tcl/tk setup is ok and that I am compiling against the right version?
any advice much appreciated...
cheers
-Stu
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i am getting a wee bit confused can you to consult and maybe to a how to for multichannel pd in OSX ? i have all the sources you both have suggested
please advise --i am excited to get my emi 2|6 working fully
cheers~
Patrick Pagano http://www.digitalworlds.ufl.edu
-----Original Message----- From: pd-list-admin@iem.kug.ac.at [mailto:pd-list-admin@iem.kug.ac.at]On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 12:03 PM To: Stu Yarrow Cc: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Subject: Re: [PD] Multichannel audio on OS X
Hi,
The menu in the menu bar comes from the unofficial ('extended2') pd from Adam (ie, I don' t think it comes from tcl/tk). I did use Adams package (again three days ago) to install tcl/tk, but needed to recompil pd (with a tree from CVS) because I had the same problem with port audio.
I think you did not use an 'extended2' tree but an official one, use this tree and recompil: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/pd-0.36-extended2.tar.gz
Let me know. Alex
On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 01:31 pm, Stu Yarrow wrote:
Hi
I am using Adam's 0.36-extended2 packages on OS X and I was unable to get my EMI 2|6 usb audio interface to work in 6 channel mode (I could get 2 channel output but no more). I also noticed that others on the list have had the same problem in the past, and digging around the pd and portaudio list archives it appeared to be an issue with portaudio. ...so I updated the portaudio source with a nightly tarball, transferred across Miller's changes in pablio_pd, and recompiled.
Now I can get 6 channel output (wahey!), but the menus etc have reverted to their old behaviour ie listboxes in the pd window rather than menus in the menu bar. I suspect that this is because I have an older/different version of tcl/tk, or maybe just some header files, lying around somewhere from before I installed Adam's packages...
What should I do to make sure my tcl/tk setup is ok and that I am compiling against the right version?
any advice much appreciated...
cheers
-Stu
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it seems that i had the wrong source somehow and getting the
0.36-extended2 tarball solved my problem with the front end... thanks
Alex!
i can now use all 6 outputs, but portaudio still doesn't like having
different numbers of in and out channels (eg 2 in, 6 out) and the sound
output is distorted unless i use -noadc. 2 in and 2 out still works
fine if you need to use the inputs. can anyone shed any light on this?
another thing to watch is that you must set the coreaudio driver to 6
channel mode (using Audio MIDI Setup) before trying to start pd with
6ch. if coreaudio is set for 6 channels out and pd requests 2 it will
switch over by itself, but not the other way round.
instructions for getting to the same setup as i have:
install
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/pd-0.36-extended2-
MacOSX.dmg if you haven't already.
get
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/pd-0.36-extended2.tar.gz
and put the src directory in their pd directory.
(this is possibly unneccesary if you have installed the source
package, but do this if you end up with the official, non extended2,
front end)
get http://www2.outpost.org.uk/pd/portaudio.tar.gz - this is a tarball
of my replacement pd/portaudio directory.
compile with
cd /usr/loc al/pd/src (or wherever yours is hiding)
sudo ./configure
sudo make
hopefully this might be of some use with interfaces other than the
emi2|6, but i don't know... its not perfect but i think it adds some
functionality and maybe it would be worth including in the MacOS X
pd-extended packages?
cheers
-stu
A HAA well pd does that without all the compilation business. i guess i am just picky cause i use two live streams in and then 5.1 out so i want both ways functions
it seems that i had the wrong source somehow and getting the 0.36-extended2 tarball solved my problem with the front end... thanks Alex!
i can now use all 6 outputs, but portaudio still doesn't like having different numbers of in and out channels (eg 2 in, 6 out) and the sound output is distorted unless i use -noadc. 2 in and 2 out still works fine if you need to use the inputs. can anyone shed any light on this?
This is the boat i am in. I guess the question seems to be WILL portaudio ever allow the multi out (6) with two in. It is just frustrating cause it works fine in msp.
Pat
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Alex -
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Stu Yarrow