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Thanks for a good and logical answer. You would make a good beta tester ;-) I too have a Powerbook G4, but the 1,25 GHz model, and I'm not seeing this on my system. Using both Bidule and Live here. per On 23 aug 2007, at 18.34, midifriedchicken@comcast.net wrote: > I believe Bidule is the culpret because with the activity viewer > utility on, I can see the system requirements (which are shown as > red dots on a graph). There are cpu spikes that coincide with the > dropouts that are represented by the red parts of the graph rising > to 100%. I've tried this with and without SL. Same result. I tried > it with Ableton Live and could not replicate this. There might very > well be something wrong with my computer, but I dont think so. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> > > > On 23 aug 2007, at 17.23, midifriedchicken@comcast.net wrote: > > > > > So the cpu spikes I was seeing on the activity viewer on my 1.5gig > > > PB seem to be caused by Bidule. I can't seem to replicate this > > > behavior with any other application. Live 6 with SL actually works > > > better. The cpu spikes were creating dropouts and audio glitches > > > that are unacceptable for live work. The flexible routing in > Bidule > > > is beyond cool, but the glitches make it unuseable, for me anyway. > > > I tried raising the audio buffer on both Bidule and/or the > > > interface. But all that did was increase latency beyond playable > > > levels. > > > My laptop looping experiment has failed miserably. Maybe wh en > I can > > > get a faster machine I'll go back. > > > I'm guessing in the Ambient genre its easier to hide the > > > limitations because a lot of the sounds you would use are actually > > > similer to the glitchy clicks I was getting. Plus the latency is > > > easier to hide with all those delays. But for now, its back to the > > > RC50 for my acoustic stuff. Live and SL are great for the > > > electronica gig I have. I just wish Live had the routing > flexibilty > > > that Bidule has. > > > > > > Your hints are interesting and suggest option to learn something > > useful. Would you mind posting the reason why you think Bidule is > the > > bad guy? > > > > Greetings from Sweden > > > > Per Boysen > > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > > www.looproom.com (international)