[oss-devel] MIDI?

[Yair K.]

On Tuesday 17 June 2008 21:04:25 Zakhar Levchenko wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I suspect that midi development will move from the dead point only if some
> enthusiasts really try use new midi API, write software synthesizers,
> sequencers using it or port exisiting programs. This process should disclose
> varoius flaws in api (if such exist) and bugs in drivers. Unfortunately
> nobody seems to care about that.
> 
> Regards,
>           Zakhar Levchenko

Currently, loading oss_midiloop gives "Unknown symbol oss_midi_ioctl" and "Unknown symbol oss_midi_copy_timer". If that driver would work, it could be possible to port an existing software synthesizer[1].

[1] I have some meager experience with timidity:
      http://timidity.cvs.sourceforge.net/timidity/timidity/ChangeLog?view=markup

Yours,
	Yair K.