Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Midi Mapper???
From: martijn sipkema (msipkema_AT_sipkema-digital.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 16:29:13 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.
>
> I respectfully disagree :-). I had a quick think about how to do it
> and came up with a solution pretty quickly.
Well... Please enlighten me (and perhaps other not so bright people).
> > 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.
I didn't say it could not be overcome, I said it is not trivial to do so.
--martijn
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