From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 10:49:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B647716A41C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:49:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from lakermmtao10.cox.net (lakermmtao10.cox.net [68.230.240.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E798943D60 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:49:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.70.216]) by lakermmtao10.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050609104923.ITNM7787.lakermmtao10.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 06:49:23 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (conrads@localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j59AnMF3063004; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 05:49:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 05:49:21 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Mathew Kanner Message-ID: <20050609054921.74861b82@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <20050608192629.GK32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <20050608140227.71fe4db0@dolphin.local.net> <20050608192629.GK32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What apps are known to work with Mat's MIDI patches? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:49:25 -0000 On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:29 -0400 Mathew Kanner wrote: > On Jun 08, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > I'm currently on the verge of doing one of two things; either: > > > > 1) Go out and buy an emu10k1-based soundcard, apply Mat's MIDI > > patches to my KERNEL, and see what I can do with it, or... > > > > 2) Overwrite my existing install of FreeBSD-STABLE on my amd64 box > > with the amd64 version of Gentoo Linux. > > > > The second approach, granted, is rather drastic, and one which I'd > > just as soon avoid, but I've reached the point where I simply am no > > longer willing to put up with having no MIDI support. > > > > The only reason for this post is that I'm curious about just how > > satisfactory alternative (1) above would be. Assuming a kernel > > with a properly configured MIDI port (connected to an external > > synth, of course), what applications will I be able to use with > > this? I know that many of the current MIDI applications for Linux > > require ALSA, so that rules out quite a few of them right there. So > > what's left, then? I need a lot more than just simple MIDI > > playback; I want to be able to create my own sequences, preferably > > using my MIDI keyboard as an input device. > > > > Anyone currently doing anything in this area who could offer some > > opinions? > > I'm not advocating #2 but I've yet to see anything really work > with recording with either the old or new version of midi. If someone > has contrary experience, I would love to know about it (you would not > beleive the amount of time I wasted trying to get rosegarden to work). Same here. :-) > Anthem is quite cool and I think it's the closest application out > there to working for record. Yes, it does look quite interesting. Not usable yet, but interesting. :-) > Could you point to applications that require ALSA? I wonder > what SALSA could do for us in this situation. Well, the one that comes to mind first is Rosegarden 4 (*not* the older version), which is the one I would most like to be able to use. There are others, for sure. > Playbay is the most dificult to implement, recording is quite > easy, we just haven't got there yet. Hmm, not familiar with that. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"