On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:42:27 +0100 "Martijn Sipkema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > - It would allow only one application to have an input or output > > > open at a time since merging is nontrivial. > > > > Non-trivial but HIGHLY desirable. I want to run a synth pathc editor > > and a sequencer simultaneously so I can tweak the synth's patch while > > a sequence is playing. > > That may be. But multiplexing can be done using a seperate mixer > application that can be accessed by the sequencer/patch editor as > normal outputs. I don't want the API to compete with the ALSA > sequencer, but to be a more flexible and slightly higher level RawMidi > kind of interface that only supports very basic time ordered scheduling. What about Midi devices which aren't supported by ALSA like the usb midi interfaces? Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea; massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." -- Gene Spafford (1992)
