The problem is that MIDI is not just for games. I haven't used a better all-around MIDI sequencer than seq+ in the last 10 years. And I know other people who feel the same. I hate to say it but from a user's perspective, even a user with a strong pro-linux bias, Linux MIDI hasn't hit the mark, Jazz and Rosegarden included. If dosemu and Linux are to live up to their promise there's no reason not to have a full MIDI implementation. Some of us would really appreciate it. > > From: Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/08 Thu AM 10:16:00 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: Stas Sergeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: no MIDI input with dosemu ? > > Stas Sergeev wrote: > > > Why? Implementing midi input is trivial, > > but I'm puzzled as of what's the use. > > Dosemu needs a MIDI output as otherwise > > you can't play games. But as for midi > > recording, you can use the native Linux > > programs just fine. And it will actually > > work better, because under dosemu the > > timing is not always accurate. So why > > would anyone ever need that? > > No, Stas, I can't use the native Linux sequencers "just fine" and their > developers know it. Unfortunately there is no easy way for them to > accomodate my working method (which results from amenities of the > particular DOS sequencer I like to use). I put about nine years into > working with a particular program (Sequencer Plus, or Seq+ for short) > whose working method is far more amenable to me than that of any native > Linux sequencer. I'm not much of a keyboard player, I'm a guitarist, so > I prefer a MIDI sequencer with exceptional QWERTY keyboard data entry > features, and none of the native Linux sequencers approach the usability > of Seq+ in this regard. Actually I can use Seq+ under DOSemu to meet my > needs, but a few other users have written to me about wanting MIDI input > with Seq+ under DOSemu. Apparently they're not comfortable with the > native Linux MIDI sequencers either. > > The developers of the native Linux sequencers know of my needs quite > well (I've been corresponding with all of them since their projects > began). The problem lies in some of their own assumptions and some of > the restrictions forced on them by X11. Also, Seq+ includes many MIDI > features not found in Rosegarden-4, MusE, Jazz++, or seq24. Timing is in > fact very good, especially when run with a Linux kernel patched for > low-latency (I use the Planet CCRMA system). MusE and Rosegarden both > have trouble playing some of my MIDI sequences that Seq+ handles > perfectly under DOSemu. The plain fact is that for my working methods > Seq+ is superior to any native Linux MIDI sequencer. I say this not to > criticize the Linux sequencers, but merely to indicate how far they have > to go before they reach the maturity of an application like Seq+ (which > by 1995 had almost ten years of development). > > Btw, I'm uninterested in integrated audio/MIDI sequencing, which is the > design philosophy behind the Jazz++, MusE, and Rosegarden-4 (seq24 is > designed more like a hardware sequencer such as the old Alesis MT8 and > again has little value to my work methods). I'm strictly interested in > MIDI, and it seems to me that the Linux developers are putting more time > into audio-oriented features than into MIDI-specific features. As I > said, they know my opinions about these matters (and we're still > friends, incredible as it seems). > > If adding MIDI input capability in DOSemu is trivial, hopefully these > reasons will convince you that it would still be greatly appreciated by > some of us. > > Best regards, > > Dave Phillips > > > >
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