Re: [linux-audio-dev] External MIDI Sync using OSS/Free

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Billy Biggs wrote:

>   I wish there were a better way to sync audio though, specifically sync
> of audio to MIDI.  /dev/dsp has a crappy interface to this.  Does ALSA
> provide any reasonable mechanism of syncing different inferfaces?
> 
>   In OSS, the clock between outgoing and incomming MIDI aren't the same.
> In ALSA, I'd hope that would be fixed.  Does audio and sequencer also have
> the same clock?

Yes, if you choose the PCM device as the timer source.

>   What about syncing multiple soundcards?  I've found this to be next to
> impossible under thud using OSS.

No probs.

                                                Jaroslav

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