diff --git a/source/backend/plugin/Lv2Plugin.cpp b/source/backend/plugin/Lv2Plugin.cpp
index 22cd8aecc..de663570e 100644
--- a/source/backend/plugin/Lv2Plugin.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/plugin/Lv2Plugin.cpp
@@ -2533,10 +2533,15 @@ public:
                     lv2_atom_forge_float(&fAtomForge, static_cast<float>(timeInfo.bbt.beatsPerMinute));
                 }
 
+                lv2_atom_forge_pop(&fAtomForge, &forgeFrame);
+
                 LV2_Atom* const atom((LV2_Atom*)timeInfoBuf);
+                CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_BREAK(atom->size < 256);
+
                 lv2_atom_buffer_write(&evInAtomIters[i], 0, 0, atom->type, atom->size, LV2_ATOM_BODY_CONST(atom));
 
-                CARLA_ASSERT(atom->size < 256);
+                // send deprecated blank object as well
+                lv2_atom_buffer_write(&evInAtomIters[i], 0, 0, CARLA_URI_MAP_ID_ATOM_BLANK, atom->size, LV2_ATOM_BODY_CONST(atom));
             }
 
             pData->postRtEvents.trySplice();
@@ -4123,7 +4128,8 @@ public:
 
         case CARLA_URI_MAP_ID_ATOM_TRANSFER_ATOM:
         case CARLA_URI_MAP_ID_ATOM_TRANSFER_EVENT:
-            CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(((const LV2_Atom*)buffer)->size == bufferSize,);
+            // plugins sometimes fails on this, not good...
+            CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_INT2(((const LV2_Atom*)buffer)->size == bufferSize, ((const LV2_Atom*)buffer)->size, bufferSize);
 
             fAtomQueueIn.put((const LV2_Atom*)buffer, rindex);
             break;
diff --git a/source/backend/plugin/VstPlugin.cpp b/source/backend/plugin/VstPlugin.cpp
index 06147cc34..3093a3f35 100644
--- a/source/backend/plugin/VstPlugin.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/plugin/VstPlugin.cpp
@@ -1434,11 +1434,12 @@ public:
             {
                 if (fMidiEvents[k].type == 0)
                     break;
-                CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(fMidiEvents[k].deltaFrames > 0);
-                CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(fMidiEvents[k].midiData[0] > 0);
+
+                CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(fMidiEvents[k].deltaFrames >= 0);
+                CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(fMidiEvents[k].midiData[0] != 0);
 
                 const uint8_t status(static_cast<uint8_t>(fMidiEvents[k].midiData[0]));
-                const uint8_t channel(static_cast<uint8_t>(status < MIDI_STATUS_BIT ? status & MIDI_STATUS_BIT : 0));
+                const uint8_t channel(static_cast<uint8_t>(status < MIDI_STATUS_BIT ? status & MIDI_CHANNEL_BIT : 0));
 
                 uint8_t midiData[3];
                 midiData[0] = static_cast<uint8_t>(fMidiEvents[k].midiData[0]);
diff --git a/source/backend/standalone/CarlaStandalone.cpp b/source/backend/standalone/CarlaStandalone.cpp
index 378759f72..d82386507 100644
--- a/source/backend/standalone/CarlaStandalone.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/standalone/CarlaStandalone.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public:
         startThread();
 
         while (! fInitialised)
-            carla_msleep(1);
+            Thread::sleep(1);
     }
 
     void stop()
diff --git a/source/modules/native-plugins/juce-patchbay.cpp b/source/modules/native-plugins/juce-patchbay.cpp
index 7998c9a0a..abf70eedf 100644
--- a/source/modules/native-plugins/juce-patchbay.cpp
+++ b/source/modules/native-plugins/juce-patchbay.cpp
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ protected:
 
     void process(float** inBuffer, float** const outBuffer, const uint32_t frames, const NativeMidiEvent* const midiEvents, const uint32_t midiEventCount) override
     {
-        fAudioBuffer.copyFrom(0, 0, inBuffer[0], static_cast<int>(frames));
-        fAudioBuffer.copyFrom(1, 0, inBuffer[1], static_cast<int>(frames));
-
         fMidiBuffer.clear();
 
         for (uint32_t i=0; i < midiEventCount; ++i)
@@ -108,7 +105,11 @@ protected:
                 fMidiKeyState->processNextMidiBuffer(fMidiBuffer, 0, static_cast<int>(frames), true);
         }
 
-        fGraph.getGraph().processBlock(fAudioBuffer, fMidiBuffer);
+        FloatVectorOperations::copy(outBuffer[0], inBuffer[0], static_cast<int>(frames));
+        FloatVectorOperations::copy(outBuffer[1], inBuffer[1], static_cast<int>(frames));
+        AudioSampleBuffer audioBuf(outBuffer, 2, static_cast<int>(frames));
+
+        fGraph.getGraph().processBlock(audioBuf, fMidiBuffer);
 
         MidiBuffer::Iterator outBufferIterator(fMidiBuffer);
         const uint8_t* midiData;
@@ -129,9 +130,6 @@ protected:
             std::memcpy(tmpEvent.data, midiData, sizeof(uint8_t)*tmpEvent.size);
             writeMidiEvent(&tmpEvent);
         }
-
-        FloatVectorOperations::copy(outBuffer[0], fAudioBuffer.getSampleData(0), static_cast<int>(frames));
-        FloatVectorOperations::copy(outBuffer[1], fAudioBuffer.getSampleData(1), static_cast<int>(frames));
     }
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------