[PD] Problem with Commercial OSS and PD

[Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999]

Of course I'm just getting that stuff from memory. Take a look at the OSS 
install document. I guess Tim should email OSS and get the "official" 
answer.

Ben



On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Miller Puckette wrote:

> Hmm, I've been getting MIDI out on Free OSS, funny it doesn't work
> on commercial...
> 
> cheers
> Miller
> 
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:17:35PM -0800, Timothy Rolls wrote:
> > Well, I guess that explains it. But I am curious about the legitimacy of
> > their claim that it is 100% compatible with OSS/Free
> > (http://www.opensound.com/linux.html). I am still glad I got it. The audio
> > quality on my SB PCI 128 is greatly improved. Thanks for the reply.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tim
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999" <bbogart at acs.ryerson.ca>
> > To: "Timothy Rolls" <trolls at binghamton.edu>
> > Cc: "Pure Data" <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PD] Problem with Commercial OSS and PD
> > 
> > 
> > > I'm using OSS/Commercial and I too only have MIDI In and no MIDI out.
> > > This is because OSS does not support MIDI out because most card do not
> > > have hardware MIDI out. If MIDI out works with your card with other
> > > programs thats because the MIDI translation is done in software, not
> > > by the card. This is what I got from OSS/Commercial documentation.
> > >
> > > no sure about a fix, I only use MIDI in.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Timothy Rolls wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >     Yesterday I upgraded from OSS/Free to commercial OSS. Now MIDI
> > doesn't
> > > > work in PD, and apparently only PD. All other programs with MIDI still
> > work
> > > > (Brahms, Jazz, Csound). Is there anyone else using commercial OSS and PD
> > > > with this problem? BTW, I get the message "opened 1 MIDI input device
> > and 0
> > > > MIDI output devices." This never happened under OSS/Free. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > B. Bogart
> > > ---------
> > >
> > >
> > 
> 



B. Bogart
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