Re: [linux-audio-dev] Midi Mapper???

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Midi Mapper???
From: martijn sipkema (msipkema_AT_sipkema-digital.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 11:55:07 EET


> Virtualising the midi I/O ports in this manner would allow multiple
> programs to connect to the same physical midi port (for instance, a
> midi sequencer and a sysex patch editor should be able to
> simultaneously access to the same synth).

Since MIDI is a wire protocol, this really isn't trivial. Especially
SysEX messages can take a long time and prevent any other
events from being transmitted.

--martijn


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