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

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On 22 Jan 2008, at 4:11, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> You don't need to abuse pitch bends. MIDI lets you
> redefine the pitches of the notes. You can redefine
> middle C to be 1234 Hz if you like.

Mmm, well, yes, but...
It's not so much the pitches that are the issue, it's the intervals,  
and MIDI kind of constrains what you can do about that, so you do  
kind of end up abusing pitch bend...

And, whether we stick with Csound or go with something else, I do  
think we need to address the music issue, it is a big thing in a lot  
of cultures.

We had a friend staying in the run up to Christmas, who's a  
Senegalese master drummer, and I spent a few evenings showing him  
some chops on the guitar (he'd expressed an interest... I'm not that  
good but...)
His approach to intonation and pitching was quite "interesting" shall  
we say... This is a guy who's spent a lot of time in Europe, working  
as a professional musician.
They key being, I think, the music he was exposed to as a child, and  
how it affects his musicality now.

And that's the sort of thing that makes me worry about the musicality  
of the OLPC systems, and how they will work in other cultures.