On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 02:41, John Lazzaro wrote: [snip] > Identity Request/Identity Reply returns enough information > for a patch editor to know what Manufacturer SysEx commands > the device understands. Although a major undertaking, it is > probably is in the realm of the doable to: [...] > In other words, distribute the legwork of finding out all > SysEx command variants for every type of synth, to the > vast userbase :-). Sort of like CDDB, but on a smaller > scale ...
Mmm... This sounds good enough for a software package wanting to control a MIDI device... so long as the identity request gets a response! :-) I have a feeling TiMidity++ might not (currently) have a way of _sending_ MIDI messages... I guess this lack of communication from sound modules is one reason General MIDI exists: you don't need to ask! :-( (If the sound module could list all its patches - and maybe even categorise them - a controller keyboard with a (small) display would be adequate without needing GM.) -- Peter _______________________________________________ linux-audio-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
