On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> Chris, > > >I'm trying to write a patch editor and librarian for Roland's CM-32L > >synth module. This was a repackaged version of the popular MT-32 with 8 > >part multimbral support, separate drums and a basic reverb facility. The > >only controls on the front panel are a power switch and master volume > >knob - everything else has to be done via MIDI. > > I don't understand why you're re-inventing the wheel ... why don't > you try to write your app using one of the MIDI libs out there which > already work, such as MidiShare for example? > > I can't see any obvious glaring problems with your code, but I'd > recommend you try to write your app using an already-working MIDI > library... there's just no point re-inventing a MIDI API for Linux, > the ones that are there already work perfectly well. > He said he was using netbsd. Perhaps its going to be used in some kind of small portable device? --
