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Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #103071]

Sat, 06 December 2008 19:40

Mike Audet
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Someone said that "We've seen the enemy, and he is us."

I'm pretty sure I found the cause of the buffer allocation errors. When
I was working on the PSCL, I increased some buffers as part of my trying
to figure out why the app was locking up on a multi cpu machine. I increased
them a lot and never turned them back down. Sorry. :(

I recompiled the PSCL with the original buffer settings, which I think will
solve this once and for all.

Thanks everyone who tests these betas. I'm running the latest builds right
now, and all seems well.

Cheers!

Mike

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #103072 is a reply to message #103071]

Sun, 07 December 2008 12:34

kerryg

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Downloaded, and checking soon!

- K

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #103095 is a reply to message #103072]

Sun, 22 March 2009 11:00

kerryg

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A note to those browsing this thread: the drivers are now finished, released and available for sale at Mike's site, http://www.ensoniq.ca/ for the entirely modest sum of $50.

This beta driver is still downloadable and usable. It's a beta and it has bugs that were addressed in the release version, and there is no support for the betas (there is naturally full support for the release version).

But before you decide to use this beta - although there's a fee for the released drivers, this is a labour of love, not "commercial software development". I sought out quotes from multiple driver developers last year before Mike took on the task; commercial driver development for PARIS would have cost mid-five figures USD.

In the unlikely event that every single PARIS user (even Mac users!) bought these drivers at the price Mike is charging, Mike would stand to make a fraction of that. So in a very real sense, the vast bulk of Mike's extremely skilled work here is donated. And I can tell you that we couldn't have asked for a more skilled and diligent job from *anyone*.

So if you decide to "try before you buy" - please buy after you try. This is one of the most exciting periods in PARIS' post-development history and Mike has lots of other projects in mind for PARIS development. Some of them may just blow your mind. So let's treat our friends right and show him our appreciation.

- Kerry

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #103096 is a reply to message #103071]

Wed, 25 March 2009 10:24

Tracy Stamatakis
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"Mike Audet" <mike@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>Someone said that "We've seen the enemy, and he is us."
>
>I'm pretty sure I found the cause of the buffer allocation errors. When
>I was working on the PSCL, I increased some buffers as part of my trying
>to figure out why the app was locking up on a multi cpu machine. I increased
>them a lot and never turned them back down. Sorry. :(
>
>I recompiled the PSCL with the original buffer settings, which I think will
>solve this once and for all.
>
>Thanks everyone who tests these betas. I'm running the latest builds right
>now, and all seems well.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Mike
>
>
Hi, I was wondering if you are the person on ebay selling new xp drivers
for paris to take advantage of multicore processing?

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #103097 is a reply to message #103096]

Wed, 25 March 2009 10:06

kerryg

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Tracy Stamatakis wrote on Wed, 25 March 2009 12:06
> Hi, I was wondering if you are the person on ebay selling new xp drivers
> for paris to take advantage of multicore processing?

Yes, you can believe your eyes :) - that's indeed the NG's own Mike Audet, who has redesigned PSCL (the main driver that does the audio "heavy lifting") from the ground up. This thread is about the beta, and naturally you're far better off going with the release version - from all reports it's excellent, and works stably and efficiently on modern multicore systems. It's already starting to spur PARIS users into previously-undreamed-of computer upgrades (TC, for example, has it running on an Intel Mac booted into XP).

Take a browse around, there's been lots of fun stuff going on lately. The old girl has a trick or two up her sleeve yet.

- Kerry.

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #106205 is a reply to message #103097]

Sat, 26 March 2011 02:25

dnafe

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Re: Scherzo beta 1.31 [message #106206 is a reply to message #106205]

Sat, 26 March 2011 03:09

kerryg

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Whoops, my bad - I'd deleted the beta drivers from another thread but missed these.

Folks, by now you definitely do NOT want to be going with Mike's old beta drivers. By now we all know his drivers are as solid as a house. Grab the commercial release drivers instead - not just because buying them encourages further PARIS development, but because they're finished work. Beta drivers, pretty much by definition, are not.

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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