From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 8 19:26:48 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 4F53E16A41C for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:26:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mat@cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from drizzle.cc.mcgill.ca (drizzle.CC.McGill.CA [132.206.27.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5665743D4C for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:26:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mat@cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from mailscan2.cc.mcgill.ca (mailscan2.CC.McGill.CA [132.216.77.249]) by drizzle.cc.mcgill.ca (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id j58JQcdr030455; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:39 -0400 Received: from cube.cnd.mcgill.ca (cube.CND.McGill.CA [132.216.25.196]) by mailscan2.cc.mcgill.ca (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j58JQUWE028690; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (hyper.cnd.mcgill.ca [132.216.11.150]) by cube.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j58JQTvE025930; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:30 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (hyper [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j58JQTf2000311; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:29 -0400 Received: (from mat@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j58JQT2R000310; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:26:29 -0400 From: Mathew Kanner To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Message-ID: <20050608192629.GK32095@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <20050608140227.71fe4db0@dolphin.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050608140227.71fe4db0@dolphin.local.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Organization: I speak for myself, operating in Montreal, CANADA 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: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:26:48 -0000 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). Anthem is quite cool and I think it's the closest application out there to working for record. Could you point to applications that require ALSA? I wonder what SALSA could do for us in this situation. Playbay is the most dificult to implement, recording is quite easy, we just haven't got there yet. --Mat --