On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 18:16 -0400, ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:37:59AM +0200, Alexandre DENIS wrote: > > I tried various solution for MIDI. Bad results with OSC/UDP (bad timing, > > too much jitter). Bad results with KeyKit. Finally, I found a much > > better (no network) MIDI solution: I install a MIDI/serial driver in > > Windows, I configure a serial/named pipe in VMWare, and I wrote a small > > named-pipe-to-alsa bridge; this solution works, good timing, low jitter. > > The only drawback is that I get only one MIDI port (the Roland > > MIDI/serial driver I use doesn't support multiple ports), but I guess I > > may find another driver that supports multiple ports. > > Do you have your Midi code online somewhere that I can use? I have > the VMWare demo installed and have it setup with Cakewalk. > Unfortunately, without MIDI, it's worthless. But I'd love to try > your setup - sounds smart! Sorry, I think you're trying to bang a square peg into a round hole. VMWare obviously was not designed for serious audio use, why would you expect it to work? Why can't you use Wine again? Lee
