Re: some comments re: dosemu 1.1.99 (fwd)

[Dave Phillips <dlphilp@bright.net>]

Clarence Dang wrote:

[re: Sound Globs opening noise]

>>I'm now able to open and run the program, but something happens when it
>>opens that kills its MIDI activity. The program appears to be working, it
>>just doesn't send any MIDI data. Upon opening it sends a big MIDI reset to
>>my synths (including a big chord with no apparent note-off), then I get no
>>joy. :(  I'm still working with it though, trying to at least create some
>>MIDI files for later use.
>>
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>>
>Are you using midid?  If so, is ~/.dosemu/run/dosemu-midi a pipe?  If it's 
>only a file, MIDI events will just accumulate in there; that might explain 
>why you get a single note at startup but no MIDI after that.
>
Hi Clarence:

  Actually it's a bunch of notes sounding at once (i.e. a chord). I 
remember beta testing a version of Sequencer Plus that did exactly the 
same thing, and the programmers at Voyetra fixed it. They told me that 
the sequencer did a complete MIDI reset upon opening, which makes sense, 
but they also realized it was an error to send a bunch of MIDI note-on 
messages. Btw, when I run Sound Globs on a dedicated DOS machine this 
effect does not occur.

  No, I'm not using midid. ~/.dosemu/run/dosemu-midi is linked to 
/dev/snd/midiC1D0, ALSA's virtual MIDI card. In the past I've found that 
method to be much les latency-prone than midid, though I recall Stas 
mentioning that the daemon had been much improved lately. I might try it 
again someday, but truthfully the link works so well I'm not inclined to 
change it.

  Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate any & all input on this matter.

Best regards,

Dave Phillips