On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 22:30 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 06:06:54PM -0400, David Robillard wrote: > > > Alsa sequencer names aren't unique or intended for use as identifiers, > > you probably don't want to do this if it's at all possible to avoid... > > If that's true, what purpose do they have at all ?
They are human-friendly /labels/, not /identifiers/. > In this concrete case, I have Python class which acts as > an interface to the Novation Launchpad. I want its ports > to connect to the launchpad, as any other connection > wouldn't make any sense at all. I know the names of > the required ports, but not the numbers. Why do you know the names of the required ports but not the numbers? -dr P.S. The direct USB interface to the launchpad is pretty simple, I'm driving mine without Alsa or MIDI anything at all _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
