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<DIV>Hmm, if there are problems with Csound and<BR>MIDI (of which I am not
aware), we need to fix<BR>them. Can you provide an example?
<BR><BR>Victor<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Albert Cahalan"
<<A href="">acahalan@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: "victor" <<A
href="">Victor.Lazzarini@nuim.ie</A>><BR>Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008
7:24 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my
XO<BR><BR><BR>> On Jan 19, 2008 3:40 AM, victor <<A
href="">Victor.Lazzarini@nuim.ie</A>> wrote:<BR>>> Hannu's opinions are
just that: opinions. The fact is that Linux<BR>>> audio developers have
been using alsa much more than OSS.<BR>> <BR>> Hannu argues his points
well. Do not discount him<BR>> simply because he created OSS.<BR>>
<BR>> Linux audio developers have not been using ALSA.<BR>> They have been
using ugly wrapper libraries to deal<BR>> with the incompatible mess we've
gotten into. Those<BR>> libraries support OSS as well.<BR>> <BR>> There
are far more OSS-only programs than ALSA-only<BR>> programs. This is partly
because writing a native ALSA<BR>> program is overcomplicated, and partly
because OSS is<BR>> portable to *BSD and Solaris.<BR>> <BR>>> Are
you saying that Csound is not appropriate for the XO?<BR>> <BR>> As a
general audio system, yes. Csound may have some<BR>> legitimate use on the
XO. Shoving normal audio through<BR>> Csound is bad. Using Csound to generate
synthetic audio<BR>> might be OK, though I note that Csound seems to
have<BR>> some incompatibilities with the MIDI standard. The XO<BR>>
should be able to function as both MIDI hardware roles,<BR>> over both USB
and IP. (the XO has one USB port that can<BR>> act as a gadget-side device;
MIDI has been standardized<BR>> over both USB and IP)</DIV></BODY></HTML>