Yair K. wrote: > On Tuesday 17 June 2008 21:04:25 Zakhar Levchenko wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I suspect that midi development will move from the dead point only if some >> enthusiasts really try use new midi API, write software synthesizers, >> sequencers using it or port exisiting programs. This process should disclose >> varoius flaws in api (if such exist) and bugs in drivers. Unfortunately >> nobody seems to care about that. >> >> Regards, >> Zakhar Levchenko >> > > Currently, loading oss_midiloop gives "Unknown symbol oss_midi_ioctl" and > "Unknown symbol oss_midi_copy_timer". You need to use the --config-midi=YES parameter when running the configure script for OSS.
However the reason why MIDI doesn't work yet is that there is a sticky bug that causes dropped bytes and hanging notes. It is likely to be an one-line bug catching it has appeared to be difficult. > If that driver would work, it could be possible to port an existing software > synthesizer[1]. > Timidity is not good softsynth for real-time use. The approach it uses for timing is somehow odd. Best regards, Hannu _______________________________________________ oss-devel mailing list oss-devel@mailman.opensound.com http://mailman.opensound.com/mailman/listinfo/oss-devel
