CSound server questions

[victor]

I have updated the Wiki pages regarding using virtual MIDI connections, 
which
should be the way to connect from Scratch to Csound (see 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csound#MIDI_connections
and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound#Low-level). I don't know anything
about Squeak, but I'll get a MIDI module for Python and will try putting
together an example, which should be easily translated.

And yes, it is possible to launch a Csound process to listen in for MIDI in 
a virmidi connection.

Victor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Maloney" <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>
To: "victor" <Victor.Lazzarini at nuim.ie>
Cc: "Bert Freudenberg" <bert at freudenbergs.de>; "OLPC Development" 
<devel at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: CSound server questions


> Hi, Victor and Bert.
>
> I agree with Bert -- it would probably be most convenient for Scratch  to 
> use the MIDI option, if possible. Ideally, it would work the same  as MIDI 
> does on other versions of Linux, so we could just use the  Squeak MIDI 
> Plugin. That said, I have not explored how the MIDI plugin  works on 
> Linux. Supposedly you can use it to talk to the Timidity  software MIDI 
> synth.
>
> Could we arrange for the shell script that launches Scratch to also 
> launch the CSound server when Scratch is launched and close it when 
> Scratch quits?
>
> -- John
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:50 PM, victor wrote:
>
>> No, you have to run it with a command-line option and then use  aconnect 
>> I suppose. I need to check how to do soft connections,
>> as I am used to just connecting straight to hardware .
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert Freudenberg" 
>> <bert at freudenbergs.de
>> >
>> To: "OLPC Development" <devel at lists.laptop.org>
>> Cc: "John Maloney" <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: CSound server questions
>>
>>
>>> Am 31.08.2008 um 19:04 schrieb victor:
>>>> Well, you can ask me. I suppose there are various ways you could
>>>> connect to Csound:
>>>>
>>>> 1. using the API (via a C or C++ squeak plugin
>>>> module, if it is possible to do these things),
>>>> 2. through MIDI (if
>>>> squeak can output MIDI and we can then connect via alsa midi)
>>>> 3. OSC
>>>> 4. IP socket (by starting a minimal server written in Python
>>>> and issuing Python commands as string data)
>>>> 5. line events at stdin (a little awkward)
>>> I like the MIDI option. Squeak does have a MIDI plugin (although I  am 
>>> not entirely sure how functional it is currently).
>>> Is CSound registered as a MIDI device by default?
>>> - Bert -
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