Re: [LAD] alsa and OSS (again?)

Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
> If ALSA sequencer is subpar to Midishare

I think there's a misunderstanding there. The goals of these projects
are different. Midishare doesn't aim to replace ALSA, in fact it works
with ALSA sequencer (as well as OSS and a number of other interfaces on
different platforms). Midishare is a high-level, cross-platform MIDI API
which has been around on various platforms long before ALSA, and even
before Linux was a blink in Linus' eye. It's similar in scope to
PortMidi, but more mature and offers more features.

In fact I think that the ALSA sequencer was inspired by Midishare in
some ways, but that doesn't mean that one should be replaced by the
other. Some ppl prefer the features and cross-platform compatibility
that Midishare offers, others don't want an extra layer between them and
their MIDI interface and don't care about cross-platform compatibility,
so they rather go with plain ALSA instead. To each his own. ;-)

Albert

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Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
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