[LAU] TAP and other LADSPA plugins cause... dead silence?

Paul Winkler pw_lists at slinkp.com
Thu May 17 09:46:42 EDT 2007


On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:08:57AM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:04:25PM -0400, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:55:18PM -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > >     In Ardour have you noticed that output on the channel that has the
> > > TAP plugin goes to ridiculous levels?  This is happening for me when
> > > using the CAPS EQ and TAP Reverberator or Stereo Echo.  All output stops
> > > until I mute the offending channel.  I can usually remove the plugins,
> > > reinsert them, and it will work fine for a while.  The problem for me is
> > > definitely NOT CPU usage.  I've monitored that very closely.  I have no
> > > idea what's causing this but it is annoying.
> >
> > Yep, I've been seeing that problem for oh, must be years now.
> >
>
> Hmm. Well, it sounds like at least some of the TAP plugins are
> simply not usable, at least not on 64-bit machines.  Bummer.

Yeah, but I've had the same symptom on 32-bit boxes too.

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