> Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote: > > If ALSA sequencer is subpar to Midishare > > I think there's a misunderstanding there. The goals of these projects > are different. Midishare doesn't aim to replace ALSA, in fact it works > with ALSA sequencer (as well as OSS and a number of other interfaces on > different platforms). Midishare is a high-level, cross-platform MIDI API > which has been around on various platforms long before ALSA, and even > before Linux was a blink in Linus' eye. It's similar in scope to > PortMidi, but more mature and offers more features. > > In fact I think that the ALSA sequencer was inspired by Midishare in > some ways, but that doesn't mean that one should be replaced by the > other. Some ppl prefer the features and cross-platform compatibility > that Midishare offers, others don't want an extra layer between them and > their MIDI interface and don't care about cross-platform compatibility, > so they rather go with plain ALSA instead. To each his own. ;-)
Many thanks for the clarification! Best wishes, Ico _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
