[linux-audio-dev] MIDI API

John Check j4strngs at bitless.net
Sat Aug 14 01:30:23 UTC 2004


On Friday 13 August 2004 04:35 pm, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 16:17, John Check wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 August 2004 07:11 pm, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 18:46, Steve Harris wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:34:44 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > > > Slightly OT digression:  I always thought Jack MIDI was a really
> > > > > good idea - sample accurate, less multi-API hassle, goes everywhere
> > > > > jack goes.  Whatever happened to that?
> > > >
> > > > Its hard to get right and aseq works. I'l sure someone will finish it
> > > > sometime.
> > > >
> > > > - Steve
> > >
> > > Well, once Jack has MIDI, all we need is a jack-over-ethernet driver,
> > > and the world is ours! :)
> >
> > Has anybody looked at Nelson P Lago's research and code?
> > It's crickets and tumbleweeds anytime I've mentioned it.
> >
> > > (Network transparent low latency sample-accurate cross-platform MIDI
> > > and audio... mmmm...)
> >
> > NIH I guess.
>
> No, it's just that I don't think any of the Jack developers have time.
> You are welcome to join jackit-devel and start posting patches.  Maybe
> someone is even working on it already.
>

Well, what I have is currently implemented as a LADSPA plug in so it already 
works with jack. 
Even though I'd like to see the theory outside the plug in framework I have 
other priorities at the moment. This particular thing is just one piece of a 
much bigger puzzle and whenever I see requests for the functionality the 
people asking get blown off. 
Truthfully? The main problem I have with the code now would get fixed faster 
if I flipped burgers for a week and bought a code monkey than if I read 
Stroustrup and neither of those tactics is an efficient use of my time.

If anybody is interested in looking at the template clash I can put a bounty 
on it.

> Lee



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