I'm new to Pd, and while following the tutorial I've found out there were many objects not working (couldn't create with dotted red stroke around the patches). This problem occurred a few times already. Please see the attached file. Thanks in advance. (I'm using new Pd-extended in OSX Lion)
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A lot of objects not working
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Those objects are from libraries that should be loading by default. Maybe try opening the Preferences dialog and click the "Reset to Defaults" button.
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I've had some similar issues. I'm also new to pd, & a Windows 7 user.
I've had a LOT of technical issues, but things are somewhat stable now (though still far from perfect...). The things that made a difference were:
- Use the .bat file to invoke pd, not the desktop icon. The desktop icon just runs the executable. In the pd directory there is a pd-extended.bat file that looks like it properly loads all of the libraries. Make a shortcut on your desktop to that bat file.
- Rethink your audio card config settings & your pd audio settings. pd appears to be very sensitive to this...
- Don't turn DSP on & off (& on & off...). Once on, just leave it there. For some reason my system is very sensitive to cycling the engine a lot.
- Double-check in Task Manager whether there is more than one pd.exe running. If so, kill them. If ending the process doesn't get rid of it, you may need to reboot windows.
- Finally, it appears to be important that your audio driver does NOT allow any apps to take exclusive control of your audio device. (Like web browsing or listening to music while running pd...). This article shows you how to turn exclusive control off:
http://dailykermit.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/windows-7-exclusive-device-control/
I'm now able to run just about anything at about 10ms latency in pd audio config.
Any other pointers for Windows users would be welcome! I think I've found the relevant articles/posts, and it is far more stable, but not yet what I'd consider stable.
I'm still learning, so YMMV... But I hope this helps!
Shawn
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I found that if I prepend an object with it's library name, it works. I had a similar problem with [breakpoints~] not working.
So it would then be [tof/breakpoints~] and BOOM it works.
Hope this helps.
