On 22 Jul 2002 23:10:55 +0100
Bob Ham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 22:11, Phil Kerr wrote:
> > One of the strong points of Linux, and UNIX in general, is the way
> > small app's can be strung together, this is the most flexible
> > approach.
> 
> This is true, but only of apps that can fit in to the way that Unix
> does its stringing together; ie, filestream-based apps.  It is
> indeed advantageous to bend the way you work into this in many
> instances when you're trying to get a computer to do work. 
> Unfortunately, audio work isn't one of them.  There is no such
> framework to provide similar functionality to audio programs, yet.
> 
> Jack provides an excellent transport for audio, but that is rarely
> the only thing that audio programs require; MIDI and parameter
> controls are also needed more often than not.  

Well, that's exactly what ALSA Sequencer api proovides, 
midi transport between apps.

Juan Linietsky

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