At 7:36 -0400 13/6/05, Paul Davis wrote:
my point is that there is a big difference between saying there should be a single API for MIDI on <platform> and a single implementation of that API on <platform>. of course, the problem is that we don't have a single API, even.
no, right, there are multiple MIDI API's on Linux and I think this is a good thing. I favour MidiShare, because its older, well-proven, cross-platform, and well and truly tested by its developers. I cannot say that for the MIDI parts of ALSA. I never thought that MIDI should've been treated the way it was in ALSA, either.
this will probably never be solved. if you look at the windows world, there are several MIDI APIs in place, just as there are several audio APIs in place. on OS X, there is only one, but CoreMIDI has been the weakest received part of the whole CoreAudio-related package as far as I can tell, and although it appears capable of a lot, it certainly can't do what Rewire and/or JACK-midi can in terms of synchronizing MIDI with audio at the sample level.
MidiShare can, though .. -- ; Jay Vaughan
