Re: CoreMIDI (drivers)
Re: CoreMIDI (drivers)
- Subject: Re: CoreMIDI (drivers)
- From: Doug Wyatt <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:26:33 -0700
Pete,
I'm not sure why Emagic would have told you that Apple will be releasing
this driver. I think someone there must have been confused.
It is true that at Apple we created an Emagic driver for development
purposes -- we used it to demo the MIDI Services at this year's and last
year's Worldwide Developer Conferences, and we've used Emagic hardware
to test everything. We've had a good, cooperative relationship with
Emagic.
But there are a number of reasons why it's not in everyone's interests
that Apple provide drivers for third-party hardware. In this case, we
don't have the full specs for the hardware (e.g. we don't know how their
proprietary features work, such as AMT and handling multiple networked
devices, etc.). And it is in Emagic's interests to own and retain full
control over the driver that will be entirely responsible for users'
experiences with their hardware.
So, while such a driver does exist, I can't give it to you without
Emagic's permission. It's possible that there are other contacts at
Emagic who may be able to make the driver available to you. Have you
checked their web site?
As an alternative, I believe Roland and MIDIMan both have MacOS X MIDI
drivers available on their web sites.
As Laurent points out, OS X also contains a driver for USB MIDI
Class-compliant devices. No such devices have shipped yet, but they're
on their way, and this will solve the driver problem in a more general
way.
Doug
On Monday, October 8, 2001, at 01:54 , pete <email@hidden> wrote:
Am I right in thinking that the coreMIDI forms part of the
coreAudio api - if so then this is the correct list for my question.
I am developing a final year University project in Cocoa. The
project uses MIDI, and I have an emagic usb MIDI adapter. I have
emailed emagic to ask for a beta of their driver, but they informed me
that the driver will be released by Apple. If there are any Apple bods
on the list, could they answer the following questions:
1. Can I get hold of a beta (or similar) of the driver?
2. If not - do you have any timeframe for the release of this driver?
I have to submit the specification for this project within a week.
I would hate to have work in another environment - so any info
gratefully received.
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