Re: MIDI + Linux

[ant <ant@xxxxxxx>]

"Harrison, Mark (Alliance)" wrote:
>
> The problem is that lots of Soundcards have _internal_ GM synths, and
the
> standard Linux drivers are fine for doing things like "use the
wavetable on
> your AWE/32 to play this .MID file" and it's not clear whether
they support
> "use the external MIDI interface to drive an external
device".

Yes, most cards have MIDI out interfaces, which you can drive fairly
easily.
Generally, you can query the soundcard for the number of available MIDI
interfaces, and select the one you want from those available.

Are you after an application which will play the MIDI stream you've
created,
or do you want to program up the MIDI port yourself?

Don't know anything about the apps, but if you're after programming info
you should check http://www.opensound.com/pguide/index.html
(if your
sound system is OSS) or http://www.alsa-project.org/ if
you've got the
newer ALSA.

HTH,

ant
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