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

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Midi Mapper???
From: Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd_AT_mega-nerd.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 14:08:36 EET


On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:55:07 +0100
"martijn sipkema" <msipkema_AT_sipkema-digital.com> wrote:

> > 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.

I respectfully disagree :-). I had a quick think about how to do it
and came up with a solution pretty quickly.

> Especially
> SysEX messages can take a long time and prevent any other
> events from being transmitted.

Obviously this kind of abuse can cause trouble, but none that can't
be overcome.

Erik

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