Re: Re: [Openvortex-dev] Low volume, distortion, etc

[O . Sezer]

> hello,
> 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > Upon applying your latest change, the loudness is really
> > fine and I am quite happy with my MX300 + Alsa drivers.
> > 
> > Some glitches, though:  When _not_ using oss emulation,
> > the "fast play" and "clicks" problems are still there
> > For example, xmms+alsa plugin has this problem  but
> > xmms+oss or xmms+arts plugin not;  arts is configured
> > to autodetect.
> 
> Are you sure you are using the latest CVS version ? This bug was though
> to be fixed.
> 

Yes, pretty sure. The cvs-20030608 + printk fix + your change.
I'll re-check if I'm missing this evening, though (no linux on
my job computer).

> 
> > Playing to external midi has serious problems: Doing a
> > "playmidi -e canyon.mid" ,  playing about 5-6 seconds
> > and then pressing ^C, the last note continues playing
> > eternally. Even upon halt, I see the shutting down alsa
> > message but it still keeps playing. Upon this failure,
> > I see in dmesg:
> > 
> > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c:226:
> >     cmd: 0xff failed at 0xe0b4d800 (status = 0x80, data = 0xc9)
> 
> This message is irrelevant. Its something i'll have to confince the ALSA
> people to change in their mpu_401 driver.
> 
> I have a DB50XG dauhgterboard (MIDI) and i didnt have any problem with
> sticky notes. This happens when a note isnt turned off by its
> corresponding "note-off" messge. Normally any MIDI player should turn
> off any note (usually a turn all notes off) when stopping playback.
> What kind of Synth are you using ? It semes like it ignores or doesn't
> get hose messages for some reason
> 

Creative's Wave Blaster II.

> Best Regards
> 
> Manuel Jander

Thanks;
Özkan Sezer