I take this to linux-audio-dev... > > Feature request: alsa 0.9 support, preferably including > > alsa sequencer support. I want to play these synths from > If I can help please let me know ! What about MIDI control of the > potentiometer / slider / switches ? I own all kind of doepfer's MIDI > controller equipment, so my motivation to help is high ;-)
Actually, it would be really nice if the communication between synthesis engine and gui would be (optionally) through the alsa sequencer. This would 1) make it very easy to control the synthesis parameters with some other program than the gui, typically a sequencer or jMax or PD or even an alternative gui, and 2) make it possible to record the parameter changes in a sequencer. By default the bristol engine and gui would be connected, but the user can decide to change that. This would really show the power of the alsa sequencer. Nick, would there be any inconvenience in using this approach, and how difficult would it be to implement? (I did not look into the bristol sources... does the synthesis engine fully implement the MIDI protocol of the emulated synthesizers? Ah well, of course not all of them have a MIDI protocol...) Maarten PS: Nick, are you on this list?
