Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] MIDI API
From: Lee Revell (rlrevell_AT_joe-job.com)
Date: Sat Aug 14 2004 - 04:59:34 EEST
On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 21:30, John Check wrote:
> On Friday 13 August 2004 04:35 pm, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 16:17, John Check wrote:
> > > On Thursday 12 August 2004 07:11 pm, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 18:46, Steve Harris wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:34:44 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > > > > Slightly OT digression: I always thought Jack MIDI was a really
> > > > > > good idea - sample accurate, less multi-API hassle, goes everywhere
> > > > > > jack goes. Whatever happened to that?
> > > > >
> > > > > Its hard to get right and aseq works. I'l sure someone will finish it
> > > > > sometime.
> > > > >
> > > > > - Steve
> > > >
> > > > Well, once Jack has MIDI, all we need is a jack-over-ethernet driver,
> > > > and the world is ours! :)
> > >
> > > Has anybody looked at Nelson P Lago's research and code?
> > > It's crickets and tumbleweeds anytime I've mentioned it.
> > >
> > > > (Network transparent low latency sample-accurate cross-platform MIDI
> > > > and audio... mmmm...)
> > >
> > > NIH I guess.
> >
> > No, it's just that I don't think any of the Jack developers have time.
> > You are welcome to join jackit-devel and start posting patches. Maybe
> > someone is even working on it already.
> >
>
> Well, what I have is currently implemented as a LADSPA plug in so it already
> works with jack.
> Even though I'd like to see the theory outside the plug in framework I have
> other priorities at the moment. This particular thing is just one piece of a
> much bigger puzzle and whenever I see requests for the functionality the
> people asking get blown off.
I don't think "Great idea, but no one has time to implement it right
now" is blowing someone off. It's a perfectly legitimate response.
Lee
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