Midi latency on macOS 10.14 Mojave

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Hello, I’m experimenting with Midi using the tutorial example…

live_loop :midi_piano do
  note, velocity = sync "/midi/oxygen_25/0/1/note_on"
  synth :piano, note: note
end

However, like the issue in MIDI & latency: use_real_time has no effect I’m experiencing approximately 0.5 second latency, despite being on a Mac.

Any idea what the problem might be?

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Hi, what happens if you try the following:

live_loop :midi_piano do
  use_real_time
  note, velocity = sync "/midi/oxygen_25/0/1/note_on"
  synth :piano, note: note
end
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That’s a lot better, thanks! Another thing though is that as I play notes, there is this rising background of noise. It’s not very loud, but enough to be noticable.

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Hi,

great that it helps. It’s important to note that use_real_time is thread-local, so it will only affect the thread it is declared within (or any child threads that are created from a ‘real-time’ thread).

With respect to background noise, this isn’t something I’ve experienced. Could you explain it in a bit more detail? Does it appear for every synth or just the :piano?

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Of course it would help if I didn’t have Logic Pro X open at the same time, set to some atmospheric noise setting!

Panic over!

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Brilliant! :slight_smile:

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I hope you’re laughing with me, not at me

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Both I think :slight_smile:

It’s definitely the kind of thing I would do…

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While I’ve got your attention, is there an easy way to invoke the “code completion” drop down lists in the code editor? When I was trying different voices just now, I had to type out synth again before the drop down list with the colon+names appeared. I’m used to Ctrl+Space with other languages and editors. Is there an equivalent in Sonic Pi?

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No, sorry, it’s currently entirely automatic.

One thing you can do is to delete the space after synth and re-type it rather than retyping all of synth. That should at least be a bit easier.

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That’s perfectly acceptable!

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Fab! And by the way, thank-you so much for your kind and generous support on Patreon - it means a lot to me :slight_smile: