im trying to get an external working that will encode gates signals from a digital audio stream. this is for controlling synths and drums and other analog modular gear.

its described on this page: http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/es5.html

there is already a max version and a pd version that works on mac/win, but sadly i cant get it to work in linux. this is not my code but from andrew from expert sleepers.

i can compile the code with the included makefile without errors. i then installed es5encoder~.pd_linux in my pd-externals folder. do i also need to install main.o somewhere?

i then can instantiate [es5encoder~] but when i run it it crashes pd as soon as it is connected to a dac~. i suspect there is something missing in the makefile.

im including the source and makefile in a zip. can somebody with more experience PLEASE look at the makefile and see if everything important is included. i really have no clue.

any help is greatly appreciated!

florian from berlin

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/es5encoder~.zip

also, on my end, i noticed both your version and mine seem to work similarly (neither crash when connected to a dac~) so the problem might be related to something else

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/es5encoder~.pd_linux

yes i tried the makefile but that one is for c not c++ ... your compiled version still crashes my pd-extended. i can connect it to a dac~ abstraction but as soon as i switch on dac it crashes. it works on your linux machine?

maybe the include libraries for pd-extended are different? i did some soldering to my es-3 but i dont see how a fault in the audio interface hardware can crash pure data. its fine otherwise.

very strange!

lets compare it to yours, here is mine:

kx studio clean install based on Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
kernel linux 3.8.0-32-lowlatency 64 bit
pd-extended version 0.43.4-1~precise, no pd vanilla installed
puredata-dev version 0.43.04 developer env

audio device:
rme fireface 800 via
ffado-dbus-server 2.1.0+svn2470-0
jackd

maybe its

• pd-extended vs. pd-vanilla
• or 64 bit vs. 32
• very possible! the ffado/jack device

the expert sleeper interfaces are really the coolest hardware i know. you can run them from lightpipe or spdif whatever your soundcard provides. you either get control voltages (ES-3) or gates (es-5) or there is a new one with midi/dinsynch all from one audio channel and in audio precision. zero lag!

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/index_files/new-module-esx-8md.php

you need a eurorack panel or some 12 volt power supply for it to install, though.