Sample playing from external DRAM has issues


#1

hi all, in order to make a piano sound i had to load samples in the external dram, but when i play them back, there is (what sound like a) buffer underrun.

this with the dsp load at less than 55%

it happens at random times, sometimes when playing one sample, sometimes when playing multiple, it is quite annoying for me.

i recorded the issue, which you can clearly hear at 0:11

i hope this will be tackled sometime.

p.s. this is what the sample loading/playback part looks like:


#2

seems odd for a buffer under run, as the play is not doing a great deal....
are you using 1.0.10?

one thing to be careful off, though probably not the issue is execution order , most of your midi and table/play objects are being executed before the mixer, I don't think this will have any effect, other than use the previous buffer, but always worth 'avoiding' these side effects.

also are the raw files all the full length of the buffer...

i think id try to narrow it down a bit, so its clearer what going on, in particular, perhaps you could sequence the notes, and see if this create a similar issue. It would be useful to remove the UI from the equation too... as this is sending data to axoloti which it needs to process.
(be careful with multiple notes, that you dont get distortion, so also consider turning patch saturation off)

also you could use patch/cyclecounter, to see how many cycles are being used... and if there is a large variance.
use max/min etc to track whats happening... depending where you place the cycle counts, you can measure different things,

sorry, hard to say anything really, as Id need the patch + samples... (its much quicker than having to generate my own, for a 'quick test', to play with ideas)


#3

i am using 1.0.10 yes

the files are longer than the said buffer for each sample. (this could be an issue?)

i have it sometimes when loading other patches which don't use external DRAM as well.

this makes me think right now my axoloti software (pc) side is getting corrupt, so i'll replace that first before trying other methods.

i'll let you know!

edit:

reinstalling axoloti didn't work

the cyclecounter doesn't show a huge difference, except when i play multiple notes (which speaks for itself)

download to the patch is here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjkiuuwq7f6atnv/piano.zip?dl=0


#4

I tried your patch, and I could not reproduce this crackle. Will follow up in private with @Inaba until diagnosis is found.