From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 18:20:49 2006 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 78FE416A710 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from minimarmot@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429ED43D5F for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from minimarmot@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id q29so137779nfc for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 11:20:44 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MUQHz8Fu0uWD1UDdGwLVwEs2QpTR8vDdNrrOyp+/C1Un1c9zT7TTphuQMoc/kfQp/NhZz3bHUfYkOqQWHx5MllRbF6gj0bKsAIhp7qrw5uTlGbbugJZc/2jUgtmZ1v8e8OlK85Wm4Wy77naU7eaK2DA50OQsN5cxseg+D4UZiBo= Received: by 10.67.101.10 with SMTP id d10mr2909493ugm; Tue, 30 May 2006 09:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.87.3 with HTTP; Tue, 30 May 2006 09:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47d0403c0605300903g3d26ca40q29c67405d6b92a00@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:03:30 +0000 From: "Ben Kaduk" To: "Alexander Leidinger" In-Reply-To: <20060530094719.nfudktdyoswsk0g8@netchild.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060529174244.7ed36ead@serene.no-ip.org> <20060530094719.nfudktdyoswsk0g8@netchild.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testing: emu10kx driver for Creative sound cards 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: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:50 -0000 [-current stripped] On 5/30/06, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting "Conrad J. Sabatier" (from Mon, 29 May 2006 > 17:42:44 -0500): > > > On Tue, 23 May 2006 10:36:29 +0400, "Yuriy Tsibizov" > > wrote: > > > >> > > This driver can replace emu10k1 driver. Older version of this > >> > > driver was available from ports (audio/emu10kx). > >> > > >> > [snipped for brevity ] > >> > > >> > Talk about uncanny timing! I've been thinking of replacing my > >> > soundcard for a while now. This looks pretty exciting, especially > >> > the MIDI support. > >> "evennewermidi" patch needs someone to take care about it - it was > >> not updated for two years! > > > > Yes, I wish I understood device driver programming better (i.e., better > > than "not at all" :-). I would gladly volunteer to take this over. > > I committed the midi patches to -current. What about jumping into the > cold water and "just start"? If you don't know where to start: > - have a look at what the guys over at opensound.com provide (midi docs) > - have a look what FreeBSD is able to do > - make a list what it does wrong or not at all > - have a look at how the current code handles the existing functionality > - try to fix wrong parts > - try to implement missing parts > > A lot of this does not depend upon knowledge of device driver > programming, but it depends upon people with interest in MIDI and > MIDI-equipment. I don't have much knowledge about MIDI, I don't have > MIDI equipment, and I don't know much about the internals of the midi > code, but I can help finding solutions to a problem. > > > I've got a nice Yamaha synth (keyboard) sitting here just gathering > > dust since I quit using Windows altogether (used to use it with > > Cakewalk). I considered switching over to one of the Linux distros just > > to be able to make use of it, but I just can't bring myself to part > > with my beloved FreeBSD. :-) > > I think this is a nice reason to just start and "play around" with > what we have currently, don't you think? :-) > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- It is definitely a nice reason to start to "play around" -- I intend to do so soon, since I have a yamaha synth and emu10kx soundcard, but there's one caveat: I don't have a cable with which to connect the two (hence this message). Does anyone know of a good source for a ~8 meter MIDI cable to connect a soundcard joystick port to 5 pin MIDI device (or am I completely clueless and there's a better way to connect my synth to my computer)? Thanks, Ben Kaduk