hi (just realized that i replyed directly to Will and not to the list; apologies for a dang old email use case mistake:)) On 9/19/19 3:21 PM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote: On 9/19/19 2:01 PM, Will Godfrey wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:50:31 +0200 > Christopher Arndt <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Am 19.09.19 um 13:54 schrieb Paul Davis: >>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:36 AM Christopher Arndt <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> I find that I don't really need a2midid anymore. >>> >>> You need it to get accurately timed MIDI from MIDI hardware if you use >>> JACK2. >> >> Interesting. Can you give a pointer to background information on that? >> >> Chris > > That's something I also found curious. Also, how accurate is 'accurate'. I'm > using jack2 for audio (at 64 frames/48k), but ALSA for midi - all through, which > I would have through would result in less buffering. > let's put it this way: jack2 implementation to "seq" (jack-midi) driver is an old decade+ and quite frankly outdated and flawed re. to timing and what not jack1 implementation, standing for the (-X) "alsamidi" for that matter, is independent if not the same as to running a2jmidid in the background, and as infrastructure (like IaaS, eh?:) also, on jack1, that goes straight and _independent_ of whether you run (-d) "alsa" driver at all; of course, only granted to work on linux, but otoh jack2 makes it locked-in to the "alsa" audio diver anyhow, so you get the picture. nb. on jack1, selecting (-X) "seq", as the preferred jack-midi driver _is_exactly_the_same_as_ running "a2jmidid -e &", so that wouldn't be a viable option no longer ;) and yes, to let my stanfd be clear enough, jack2 _shall_ make the "alsamidi" (internal client?) driver ported in from jack1 alright. for all the people that use jack2, please do and rely on good old a2jmidid--it just works at lot and way better than any other option (but jack1's;) cheers -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
