[linux-audio-dev] Needing advice on implementing MIDI in my app (RTMix)

Hi all, Currently, I am working on implementing MIDI in my app, and this is what I am currently trying to solve: I just simply want to implement MIDI >not as a sequencer<, but rather as an external controller of various events (since this is what my app RTMix does). Now, the problem is also that I want to use MIDI for intercommunication between my app and other apps running concurrently on the same machine (i.e. Pd), so here is the list of questions I would greatly appreciate any help on: 1) First off, is there a simple GPL library that is easy to implement and that focuses on MIDI? If not, any website with some sample code would be greatly appreciated! 2) I am trying to design something that is not driver specific (i.e. OSS or ALSA), so is there any way to do this (i.e. sending message directly to /dev/midi device or something similar without blocking it to other apps) 3) For checking the presence of the midi interface on a Linux box, is it safest to look for /dev/midi device, or is there a "nicer" way? 4) Is there a way to send MIDI data in such a way that it is perceived by other app on the system (i.e. like sending a midi signal through midi-out which is via cable connected to midi-in on the same machine, except without doing so physically)? If so, how? If not, what are the alternatives (other than above-mentioned physical solution)? 5) Finally, this may be a bit far-fetched question, but here it goes anyhow: does anyone know if Pd and other applications like it are able to receive simple numeric messages via network (TCP/IP) protocol (since this would be an alternative to #4)? Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor, programmer, webmaster & computer consultant http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/ ============================ "To be is to do" - Socrates "To do is to be" - Sartre "Do be do be do" - Sinatra "I am" - God