viking@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jon W. Backstrom) (10/07/88)
I'm just beginning to explore writing MIDI software for the Mac using
either Lightspeed C or Lightspeed Pascal. Are there any low-level
MIDI libraries available to start me communicating through a MIDI
interface? Would anyone be willing to share routines in return for
the results of my efforts? (I'm working on a *clearly understandable*
D-50 editor to start with.)
If not, what commercial MIDI libraries for the Mac are best? I seem
to remember someone selling a library for Lightspeed Pascal a few years
ago, but I can't remember who.
Thanks for any and all information (as always).
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------csz@well.UUCP (Carter Scholz) (10/10/88)
Kirk Austin published public domain MIDI drivers for the Mac in two issue of MacTutor in 1987. The routines are available from Austin Development in San Rafael, CA. They are also on many Mac BBSes; try BMUG (Berkeley Macintosh Users Group) in Berkeley, CA.
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (10/10/88)
>Kirk Austin published public domain MIDI drivers for the Mac in two >issue of MacTutor in 1987. The routines are available from Austin >Development in San Rafael, CA. They are also on many Mac BBSes; >try BMUG (Berkeley Macintosh Users Group) in Berkeley, CA. There is a hypercard stack available on compuserve called HyperMIDI. It implements a pretty complete MIDI driver as a set of XCMDS that you can use as a toolbox to build up HC applications to do just about anything you want. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms
sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) (10/11/88)
>Kirk Austin published public domain MIDI drivers for the Mac in two >issue of MacTutor in 1987. The routines are available from Austin >Development in San Rafael, CA. They are also on many Mac BBSes; >try BMUG (Berkeley Macintosh Users Group) in Berkeley, CA. >There is a hypercard stack available on compuserve called HyperMIDI. It >implements a pretty complete MIDI driver as a set of XCMDS that you can use >as a toolbox to build up HC applications to do just about anything you want. Once you get HyperMIDI, you may want to look into BENSON, a PD stack which makes a very elegant universal patch librarian. It is available from GEnie (I don't know about CI$), but I will gladly mail it to any who request it. I use BENSON for DX-series synths, an ESQ-1, and a D-50; no editing capability, but a nice thing to have as PD software nonetheless. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are mine! All MINE!!! *heh* David Martosko E-mail:sage@eleazar.dartmouth.EDU Dartmouth College HB 2216 Phone:(603) 640-4753 Hanover, NH 03755
csz@well.UUCP (Carter Scholz) (10/12/88)
>There is a hypercard stack available on compuserve called HyperMIDI. It >implements a pretty complete MIDI driver as a set of XCMDS that you can use >as a toolbox to build up HC applications to do just about anything you want. The problem with HyperMIDI is the problem with HyperCard: far too slow. Hypercard is MIDI-capable *only* for non-real-time applications like voice librarian/editors. For playing and recording music you need the performance of a compiled or threaded language. Addendum: the Austin MIDI drivers I mentioned earlier are 68000 assembler, designed to work with Lightspeed Pascal. Carter Scholz csz@well.uucp
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (10/14/88)
Once you get hypermidi, the XCMD interface is well documented, just write
your program in C or pascal, and call it to do the actual MIDI processing.
This gives you the speed of a compiled language, but also insulates you
from the grimy work of writing your own midi interface. It also means
that if you want to change your program to support the new sound manager's
interface to MIDI, all you'll need to do is paste in someone else's
revised MIDI XCMD.
--- David Phillip Oster --When you asked me to live in sin with you
Arpa: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu --I didn't know you meant sloth.
Uucp: {uwvax,decvax,ihnp4}!ucbvax!oster%dewey.soe.berkeley.edutom@iconsys.UUCP (Tom Kimpton) (10/19/88)
In article <13632@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> viking@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jon W. Backstrom) writes: >I'm just beginning to explore writing MIDI software for the Mac using >either Lightspeed C or Lightspeed Pascal. Are there any low-level >MIDI libraries available to start me communicating through a MIDI >interface? > ... > >If not, what commercial MIDI libraries for the Mac are best? I seem >to remember someone selling a library for Lightspeed Pascal a few years >ago, but I can't remember who. Opcode Systems 444 Ramona St Palo Alto, CA 94301 (415) 321-8977 has a source code library for MIDI communications. They sell for ~$20. I believe they include versions for Lightspeed C and Pascal, MPW C, MDS assembler, and possibly one other C compiler. All the versions are included on one disk. I used these routines in a Yamaha FB-01 voice editor I wrote. They weren't terribly well documented, though I was able to finally figure things out, and am pleased with their performance. The documentation does not say anything (that I remember) about commercial liscensing of the libraries, though. You might want to contact them if you want to sell your code. Have fun! -- Tom Kimpton UUCP: {uunet,caeco,nrc-ut}!iconsys!tom Software Development Engineer ARPANET: icon%byuadam.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Icon International, Inc. BITNET: icon%byuadam.bitnet (multi-user acct) Orem, Utah 84058 PHONE: (801) 225-6888