[linux-audio-user] UM2 USB midi interface is the guilty ?

Clemens Ladisch clemens at ladisch.de
Fri Aug 19 03:12:59 EDT 2005


Lee Revell wrote:
> Is concurrent access to MIDI by the ALSA sequencer and OSS apps really
> forbidden?

Concurrent accesses with the rawmidi and sequencer interfaces to the
same device are forbidden (regardless of whether the respective ALSA
or OSS interface is used).

The rawmidi APIs cannot allow sharing because, being 'raw', they don't
interpret the data going through them.


Regards,
Clemens




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