[LAD] problem with scheduling alsa events

Hiho, In the Midi output code of this opensource project I am working on, there is a problem with the timing when alsa events are scheduled in the future. The events take much longer to arrive (sometimes almost minutes later!). Below is the code snippet. Can anyone see what is wrong in here? Let me know if you need more code... sincerely, Marije int SC_AlsaMidiClient::sendEvent(int outputIndex, int uid, snd_seq_event_t* evt, float late) { snd_seq_real_time time; if ((outputIndex < 0) || (outputIndex >= mNumOutPorts)) return errIndexOutOfRange; snd_seq_ev_set_source(evt, mOutPorts[outputIndex]); if (uid == 0) { // send to all subscribed ports snd_seq_ev_set_subs(evt); } else { // send to specific port int cid, pid; SC_AlsaParseUID(uid, cid, pid); snd_seq_ev_set_dest(evt, cid, pid); } // late is the latency value in seconds in floats if (late > 0.f) { // old time calculation: // time.tv_sec = (unsigned)(late * 1.0e-6f); // time.tv_nsec = (unsigned)(late * 1.0e3f); // new time calculation. The old one was not correct time.tv_sec = (unsigned)(late); // seconds time.tv_nsec = (unsigned)(late * 1.0e9f) % 1000000000; // nanoseconds // should these be (long) instead??? } else { time.tv_sec = time.tv_nsec = 0; } post("MIDI (ALSA): sending event, time %i, %i, late %f\n", time.tv_sec, time.tv_nsec, late); snd_seq_ev_schedule_real(evt, mQueue, 1, &time); snd_seq_event_output_direct(mHandle, evt); return errNone; }