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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Alan Robinson wrote:

> >On Thu, 14 May 1998, Alan Robinson wrote:
> >
> >> Userspace makes more sense to me, too, from the overall perspective, but
> >> might it not then be more lagged?
> >
> >Lagged in what sense? I think it will do fine for midi/mod playback ;-)
> 
> I am thinking in regard to realtime playback of a midi stream, such as from
> a MIDI keyboard, etc.  

Note: 90% of all users want only playback from soundcard. Next 5% should
have MIDI keyboard and doesn't own WaveTable soundcard. The question is:
Is something like Soft/OSS needed (in kernel of course) for real use?
I'm thinking that it's interresant idea, but ALSA driver:

1) shouldn't have this feature (it should exist in user space only for
   playback - like games and players, not for MIDI sequencers)
2) this feature should be implemented in very far future (1-2 years) if
   someone will work on this...
3) ALSA driver should be designed to allow this feature (of course)

Note: Nearly all new soundcards/soundchips have build-in WaveTable...

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
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