On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesin...@gmx.at> wrote: > > Am 06.12.2009 um 22:57 schrieb Roderick Colenbrander: >> Joysticks work using /dev/js or evdev these days. It was hard to find >> some info on MIDI for Vista but I believe it still works using WinMM. >> You really need oss or alsa for midi I think. > There's this: > > http://www.jcabs-rumblings.com/Programming/OpenALFeatures.html > > But it seems to be an early design prototype. All other google hits say that > MIDI is not supported by openal. If you want to play MIDI files with openal > you have to synthesize them first(if you want to have openal apply 3D effects > on top of that) or use a different API. > >
Midi playback isn't that important the main feature is Midi access to hardware like keyboards, drums, light equipment and so on. It is basically the 'RS232' of the audio/video world. Roderick
