Re: [B2-devel] Midi support in Basilisk (by hook or by crook)

[Brent B. <br...@ke...>]

Just thought I'd let you know, my holy grail search for a way to run
Sound Process Visual Editor (and classic Mac MIDI applications in
general) in emulation has continued...and found some success, finally.

Installing OS9 in QEMU's PowerPC emulation and directing the virtual
serial port to a MIDI device node in Linux actually does give
applications bidirectional MIDI with real hardware on the host.  I was
able to run SPVE and edit patches on an Ensoniq Mirage running Sound
Process.  Running a sequencer, predictably, proved glitchy timing-wise,
but SPVE is a patch editor, so for that application the timing doesn't
matter.

The next thing I'd like to try is PCE, since it would be much lighter
(faster?), and it's supposed to have a very good serial port emulation.
Also, I think it only can run OS7, but that's fine too.

Just in case anyone wants to know if Mac MIDI emulation is hopeless...

-- 
- Brent Busby	+ ===============================================
		+ "The introduction of a new kind of music must
-- Studio    --	+  be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for
-- Amadeus/  --	+  styles of music are never disturbed without
-- Keycorner --	+  without affecting the most important political
-- Recording --	+  institutions."    --Plato, "Republic"
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