This may already have been suggested, but with Cakewalk, the program checks on startup to see if it has any viable MIDI outputs. If it doesn't, it will pop up a dialog saying something like:
"There are no MIDI devices!" [Set up devices] [Continue with no MIDI output] ...obviously, "set up devices" takes you to the MIDI device configuration screen. Might that be a useful approach? Cakewalk works differently to Rosegarden in that the device config is a config file in the program directory which is global. Unlike Rosegarden you don't have a per-song config, which is both good and bad. On the bad side it's not very portable between installations unless you bring the master.ins file with you. On the good side, it's always there. I hate to admit it, but I spent the last 2-3 years painstakingly rebuilding the intricate MIDI setup (we're talking 8 or more synthesizers) each time I import a MIDI file from SONAR. It was only this Monday that I realised I could change the default setup. Dunno if this is any use to anyone, just my 2p I suppose. -- JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=- j...@it-he.org Anti-walkthroughs for Deus Ex, Thief and Ultima http://www.it-he.org Project Future - A web comic http://project-future.org The DMFA radio series project http://dmfa.it-he.org d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KAW u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB---- uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list Rosegarden-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
