[LAD] [Jack-Devel] JACK & MIDI

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 04:02:23PM +0100, Pieter Palmers wrote:

> indeed, but do you have an alternative? It's sort-of a chicken-and-egg 
> issue. Back when jack was conceived, there were no jack clients either. So 
> you didn't have anything to 'talk to' either (important exception: a 
> soundcard).

Right :-)

> If we can come up with something 'better than MIDI', it could be 
> interesting. Especially since these days a lot of audio stuff doesn't leave 
> the pc anyway. The only thing tying us to MIDI are the external devices. 
> And if the 'better than MIDI' can be downgraded to plain MIDI you have 
> something to talk with.

That is exacly what I have in mind. I'll gather the bits and pieces I
have during the WE and come up with a proposal...

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FA

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