Re: Laptop Looping

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Thanks for a good and logical answer. You would make a good beta  
tester ;-)
I too have a Powerbook G4, but the 1,25 GHz model, and I'm not seeing  
this on my system. Using both Bidule and Live here.

per


On 23 aug 2007, at 18.34, midifriedchicken@comcast.net wrote:

> I believe Bidule is the culpret because with the activity viewer  
> utility on, I can see the system requirements (which are shown as  
> red dots on a graph). There are cpu spikes that coincide with the  
> dropouts that are represented by the red parts of the graph rising  
> to 100%.  I've tried this with and without SL. Same result. I tried  
> it with Ableton Live and could not replicate this. There might very  
> well be something wrong with my computer, but I dont think so.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
>
> > On 23 aug 2007, at 17.23, midifriedchicken@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > So the cpu spikes I was seeing on the activity viewer on my 1.5gig
> > > PB seem to be caused by Bidule. I can't seem to replicate this
> > > behavior with any other application. Live 6 with SL actually works
> > > better. The cpu spikes were creating dropouts and audio glitches
> > > that are unacceptable for live work. The flexible routing in  
> Bidule
> > > is beyond cool, but the glitches make it unuseable, for me anyway.
> > > I tried raising the audio buffer on both Bidule and/or the
> > > interface. But all that did was increase latency beyond playable
> > > levels.
> > > My laptop looping experiment has failed miserably. Maybe wh en  
> I can
> > > get a faster machine I'll go back.
> > > I'm guessing in the Ambient genre its easier to hide the
> > > limitations because a lot of the sounds you would use are actually
> > > similer to the glitchy clicks I was getting. Plus the latency is
> > > easier to hide with all those delays. But for now, its back to the
> > > RC50 for my acoustic stuff. Live and SL are great for the
> > > electronica gig I have. I just wish Live had the routing  
> flexibilty
> > > that Bidule has.
> >
> >
> > Your hints are interesting and suggest option to learn something
> > useful. Would you mind posting the reason why you think Bidule is  
> the
> > bad guy?
> >
> > Greetings from Sweden
> >
> > Per Boysen
> > www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> > www.looproom.com (international)