[LAU] sending sysex while jackd runs

[Johannes Kroll]

(sorry... should have gone to the list)

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:09:28 -0500
Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Johannes Kroll <jkroll at lavabit.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I don't know if there's such a tool. But AFAIK jack would only block
> > the raw MIDI device when you use "-X raw" to use the raw MIDI driver in
> > jack. Do you need that driver? If you don't, you can use the "seq"
> >
> 
> to reiterate: if timing matters to you, do NOT use -X raw or -X seq.
> 
> use a2jmidid -e instead.

Why is that btw? Is there any hard technical reason the drivers can't
give you the same latency as an external app?