dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) (03/21/89)
I am in the process of writing a MIDI desk accessory for the Mac, and need some information about initializing the interface. I recently tried out a DA called MPS, which sends out MIDI program changes. In this DA, if you click the "Initialize" button, it warns you that if the interface has already been initialized that other programs using the interface may crash. What I want to do is to try to figure out if the interface is already initialized. Is it reasonable to read the interface for a couple of MIDI sense bytes, and if they are seen within, say, 100ms, assume that the interface is already ready, and otherwise initialize? NOTE: I realize that the Apple Mac MIDI Management tools probably make this easy, but until I see them on my system, they're as good as vaporware. -- David Elliott ...!pyramid!boulder!stan!dce "Splish splash, I was rakin' in the cash" -- Eno