From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 13:02:56 +0000 Subject: Re: gmod and xmp, cannot open /dev/sequencer ! Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 12:19:57PM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Alamais wrote: > >mod,xm,s3m,etc files include their own samples, > >and [do not/should not] use the midi sequencer. > > I don't know if awe drivers support it (but I assume they do) -- but at > least with GUS this is completely wrong way to play modules. Using /dev/dsp > eats CPU time since the processor has to mix the samples. With proper sound > card (ie. GUS) the sample are downloaded to the soundcard memory and the > player just says "play this sample with this pitch". Eats practically 0% > CPU time. And this is where to use /dev/sequencer. That's a loaded statement if ever there was one. If the GUS was such a great sound card, surely Gravis would still be in business? :-) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust hamish@debian.org, hamish@moffatt.nu Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 4th year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [******* ] 73% Get a stable, reliable & upgradable operating system free at www.debian.org