Simon Wood wrote:
> I have been recently trying to get RT Midi Input happening with CSound
> (using G. Maldanado's Win95 binary).  I have had some success in getting
> sound produced in RT via midi input, but I still have a few
> problems..... I am using a simple sine wave orc (ie 1 oscillator) and
> where there should be a note lasting for, say 2 seconds, the sound
> instead repeatedly cuts in and out, so I end up with a series of shorter
> sounds and lots of clicks and pops.
> 
> I should point out at this point that I am using a sequencer in Windows
> to generate the Midi events... _not_ an external keyboard.  So I was
> basically curious to know whether anyone has achieved satisactory RT
> Midi just using a sequencer and not external MIDI hardware?

A system has only limited resources. Your sequencer uses a portion of
these resources, and leaves the rest to Csound and to Windows itself. If
your sequencer is a heavy application, Csound cannot run properly
(clicks and pops). 
According to my experience, if you drive Csound with a sequencer like
Cubase or Cakewalk, you will need at least a fast Pentium (say, a 266
MHz Pentium II), and this for a limited polyphony. If you have access to
*two* PCs, the better thing is to connect them via MIDI, run the
sequencer on one PC and Csound on the other.

Riccardo
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Riccardo Bianchini, Professor
Scuola di Musica Elettronica
Conservatorio "S.Cecilia", Roma (Italy)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4768