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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:24:31 +0200 From: Nicolas Sceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michal Seta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Project - Emacs mode extensions for LilyPond Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:12:05 -0500, Michal a dit : > On 31 Jul 2003 21:18:59 -0400 > Francois wrote: >> >> Would someone have some experience about these two? Does Jack run on top >> of ALSA, or OSS, or something else? What generality are we seeking here? >> Is it theoretical? I mean, what would be the practical advantages of >> using Jack over ALSA? > jMax is probably of no interest here (other than it speaks MIDI and > one can program some algo processes and send them to rumor, for > instance, to generate the score or generate .ly file altogether). Yes, JMax is a visual composition tool, with little boxes sending signals to other boxes. As for ALSA, it seems very general in GNU/Linux, actually kernels >=2.5.x include ALSA modules, thus it seems a companion of choice on that plateform. What is about, here, is typically playing a single note at the time we insert it, in Emacs, or playing a region of notes, for proof reading, not the playback of a whole piece: the midi generation is of course delayed to lilypond. > [...] > I do like the ideas about emacs in this thread. I'm not a > developer, but how about considering to use an existing sequencing > library, like http://tse3.sourceforge.net/, rather than writing, > from scratch, something that will communicate with ALSA > sequencer... But I don't know, perhaps I'm just talking nonsense. Actually, what has been written so far is a 100 line piece of code, which bravely does its job :) but you're right. I'll look at TSE3, which seems to offer the "generality" in terms of backends discussed above (ALSA, OSS, ...) It may be a good idea. > And I haven't yet tried the existing implementation but it might be > nice to allow the user to choose between using an external MIDI > device or _any_ soft synth. But I'm sure someone has already > thought about it... Indeed. Fran�ois has code for using external MIDI devices. If we manage to merge our works, on a genericity basis, other software synth could be used also... > -- ./MiS -- _ __ __ (_)___ Michal Seta / \/ \ _/^ _| / V |_ \ @creazone.32k.org (___/V\___|_|___/ http://www.[creazone]|[noonereceiving].32k.org _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
