Re: MIDI Output Buffer Size and MIDI Output Delay preference (Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Signal Errors on Mac OSX)

[Hiroo H. <hir...@co...>]

Joe> >Now you can specify MIDI output buffer size and MIDI output delay time
Joe> >by MIDI preference dialog.
Joe> >
Joe> What are your thoughts about making this a little simpler for the 
Joe> end-user. Perhaps a slider which slides between "fast" and "safe". In 
Joe> the full documentation, we could explain what actual values "fast" and 
Joe> "safe" actually correspond to.

As I document (and tooltip help shows) the default setting is safe and
fast *normally*.  This is what I could think for users.

Joe> >Jeff> However I did some
Joe> >Jeff> experimentation with CAProvider yesterday and
Joe> >Jeff> discovered a couple of modifications to the
Joe> >Jeff> core.MidiUtil.java class that will at least cut down
Joe> >Jeff> on the frequency of signal errors.
Joe> >
Joe> Jeff, how were you testing for errors? We you using the loopback test, 
Joe> or something else? If the loopback test can catch these signaling 
Joe> errors, then it could be integrated into an "auto-tuning" wizard which 
Joe> would keep increasing the buffer sizes and delay times until the 
Joe> loopback test succeeds.

If this works, it's a good idea.
-- 
Hiroo Hayashi