Re: [MacPerl] MIDI-Perl: Cool, but not what I need

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

>Well, I was thinking about writting a patch editor for my synth.  I wanted
>a little bit better front end then the synth's front panel.  I would also
>like to use me program as a librarian.
>
>I don't really see anything in the MIDI.pm that will let me store, send
>and rcv that sort of information.  My synth predates General MIDI also.

No, MIDI.pm isn't for that purpose.

>> You should be able to use MIDI.pm to read/compose MIDI files, and 
>> Mac::Movies to play the results. 
>
>I'm not too interested in playing MIDI files.  I just want to interact
>with my Synth.
>
>> This way your Perl code doesn't have to know about what devices are out 
>> there, and hence will be much more portable.
>
>I'm not really worried about portabillity either.  I have a Mac on my desk
>( I also have an Intel Linux box - but it's not a Multimedia system ),
>that is what I'm going to use.

I was thinking portability between Macs, not having to concern yourself 
about what kind of synth is on the other end.  However, for your 
application (controlling the synth) you need to know that stuff.  
Portabilty between OSes is another kettle of fish.  I don't even think 
you can try that.

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