Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

[Albert Cahalan]

On Jan 21, 2008 12:27 PM, Walter Bender <walter at laptop.org> wrote:
> (b) as has been pointed out repeatedly, CSound is an open standard
> (which incidentally predates the MIDI standard).

It may be open, but it isn't much of a standard.
I've only found one implementation, csound itself.
There are no hardware implementations.

Pushing this kind of thing is **wrong**.

> (c) Victor gave some very compelling reasons as to why CSound is a
> better choice, especially for a program that is reaching out to
> non-Western musical sensibilities.

MIDI does non-Western stuff, including unusual
tuning systems.