[linux-audio-dev] [ANN] JACK Rack 1.4.1

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:26:27 +0000, Bob Ham wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 16:33, Paul Davis wrote:
> > >* midi thread will now try and use SCHED_FIFO.  If you run jackd with
> > 
> > why?
> 
> Without SCHED_FIFO, the midi thread takes a back seat in the
> processing.  This means that control changes come in chunks, causing big
> jumps in the plugins' controls settings.  This makes clicks and pops and
> stuff, it doesn't reflect what happening in real-time, and is generally
> not very nice.

If you get pops and clicks because the plugin doesn't handle sudden
changes (and its a control you expect to change in realtime) you should
proably report it as a bug to the author...

- Steve