Re: Help needed with a sync-problem

Well, it seems indeed that custom-nodes add a delay-time to the signal.
I've connected a few bypass modules (they write their input to the output)
and i'm magically creating an echo...

http://www.petervandernoord.nl/patchwork_js/?patch=2&buffer_size=8192

(to hear sound, you have to select the loaded buffer from the pulldown in
the buffersource-module)

I'm getting somewhat confused and concerned about this, why does this
happen and isn't this a major bug/issue?

Peter


2012/8/2 Adam Goode <agoode@google.com>

> I think you can use playbackTime to determine the absolute a-rate time of
> the beginning of the javascript buffer. But last I checked it wasn't
> present in webkit.
>
> You might be able to count samples, assuming you know the node's noteOn
> time, to keep track of the a-rate time. But with a short buffer size,
> sometimes you can have problems as you've noticed.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Peter van der Noord <peterdunord@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Ermmm.....wait, what? And that is intened behavior?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> 2012/8/2 Jussi Kalliokoski <jussi.kalliokoski@gmail.com>
>>
>>> Hey Peter!
>>>
>>> I think this is because the JSNode has a delay equivalent to the buffer
>>> size, hence if you have parallel graphs that contain a different number of
>>> JSNodes, they will arrive to the common destination at a different delay.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jussi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Peter van der Noord <
>>> peterdunord@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm having a strange problem with some signals at the moment and i've
>>>> been staring at it for way too long now, so i thought: why not put it up
>>>> here, maybe someone sees what's going on. It's a lenghty story, so if you
>>>> want to hang on...i'll try to explain :)
>>>>
>>>> As you may know, i'm writing a modular synthesizer:
>>>>
>>>> http://petervandernoord.nl/patchwork_js (maybe clear your cache if
>>>> you've been there before)
>>>>
>>>> If you click the 'json to patch' button, a testpatch will be set.
>>>> (Important to know: all custom nodes will be created with the buffer-size
>>>> that's selected in the pulldown on the right). The patch contains 3 modules
>>>> (in patchwork, a module can contain one or more audionodes, with the
>>>> module's in/outputs mapped to certain in/outputs of the containing nodes):
>>>>
>>>> - The destination, which contains a normal destinationNode
>>>> http://localhost/patchworkjs/js/modules/DestinationModule.js
>>>>
>>>> - a clockmodule. one custom js node
>>>> http://localhost/patchworkjs/js/modules/DestinationModule.js
>>>>
>>>> - a triggersequencer, also one custom node.
>>>> http://localhost/patchworkjs/js/modules/TriggerSequencerModule.js (the
>>>> audioprocess callback is at the bottom)
>>>>
>>>> What is happening in the patch: the clock sends out single values of 1s
>>>> (all other values are 0) on a given interval (set in BPM). The sequencer
>>>> checks on every incoming value if that value is >0 AND the previous one was
>>>> <=0 (i'll call that a clock-pulse). If that is the case, its
>>>> SequencerParameter will proceed to the next step. A sequencer-parameter
>>>> (actually it is a LogicSequencerParameter, but that's almost the same - it
>>>> has one extra method) can be found here:
>>>>
>>>> http://localhost/patchworkjs/js/params/SequenceParameter.js
>>>>
>>>> It's basically just an array filled ith 0s and 1s (you can set a 1 by
>>>> clicking somewhere on the sequencer), and increases the current position
>>>> when it gets a next() command. So, back to the the sequencer module: If it
>>>> received a clock-pulse, it proceeds the sequencer. Then, if the (new) value
>>>> of the sequencer-parameter is 1, the sequencer will write a 1 in its
>>>> outputbuffer as well.
>>>>
>>>> My issues:
>>>> - in the testpatch, both the clockmodule and the seq-module are
>>>> connected to the output. if you activate some steps in the sequencer, you
>>>> will hear that the clicks do not run in sync. I have no idea why that is,
>>>> the stepsequencer writes a 1 in exact the same iteration as it reads the
>>>> incoming 1s from the clock. In my opinion, they should run exactly in sync.
>>>> - When you change the buffersize (which is for the customnodes) you
>>>> will hear that the timedifference between the ticks changes (since there's
>>>> no clear, you have to refresh the page, set another buffersize and click
>>>> 'json to patch')
>>>> - Something else i noticed: when i run just a clock module connected to
>>>> the output, with a very low buffersize (256, 512), the clock seems to run
>>>> very, very irregular.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, my main question: Does anyone have any idea why those two modules
>>>> do not run in sync when both connected to the output?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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