> > 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. > Actually MIDI and software synthesizers was the reason why I > originally > started developing OSS about 16 years ago. It's still interesting > area > of "just for fun" development. > > However it looks like there is no real demand for MIDI. There are > about > 100 Linux MIDI enthusiasts (who all use ALSA). That's all. Serious > music > business uses Win/Mac because these environments are two decades > ahead > of Linux in this area. >
Indeed the only MIDI user I know uses OSX... Now of course if you don't try you'll never get them back :) François. _______________________________________________ oss-devel mailing list oss-devel@mailman.opensound.com http://mailman.opensound.com/mailman/listinfo/oss-devel
