Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:48:29 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who is interested in /dev/midi and /dev/synth ? Message-ID: <19971015134829.31569@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <199710151614.RAA09458@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Wed, Oct 15, 1997 at 05:14:09PM %2B0100 References: <19971014170052.18238@ct.picker.com> <199710151614.RAA09458@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Luigi Rizzo: |> Luigi Rizzo: |> |My audio driver does not support /dev/midi and /dev/synth at the |> |moment. There are stubs for them though, and one (/dev/midi) is |... |> Does this include /dev/sequencer too? I use this device all the time via | |yes it does. | |> drvmidi, xgmod, and some other apps on my AWE32 for playing MIDIs, MODs, |> 669s, etc. with AWE synth. | |in fact I believe timidity is a possible alternative to this. it takes |a midi file as input and produces the pcm samples using GUS-like patch |files. It takes some CPU but at current prices it is probably cheaper |to run timidity than buying a suitable sound card (and you can use the |extra cpu capacity for other things when you are not playing sounds...) I use timidity on my Sparc at work and have used it on Linux boxes. Nice program if you don't have a card with wavetable support (which BTW are dirt cheap nowadays). However it sucks serious CPU, and the sound quality with GUS patches doesn't touch that with the AWE wavetable. I think I'll stay with the awe driver for this type of stuff. |What I don't know is if it supports other file formats than midi. some |investigation would be more than welcome... >From the man page, it sounds like just MIDIs, compressed or uncompressed. Randy
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