[Jsynthlib-devel] New member :)

[Christoph E. <ce...@ch...>]

Hi all,


I just subscribed to the list, and of course I did because I have some 
questions ;-) .

I have been lurking around JSynthLib for a long time, but as my MIDI 
device isn't supported by OSS but ALSA, JSynthLib was no option for me.

These days I installed Tritonus et voila, JSynthLib was able to talk to 
my Virus via ALSA (though it complained about illegal checksum).

My questions:

a) Can anyone provide a list archive which I can use with kmail? I know 
the web based archieve on sourceforge, but I dislike reading mail via a 
HTML gateway

b) I need support for some devices. There's already a librarian for the 
Access Virus, but additionally I'd like to see support for the 
Midisport 8x8, the V-Amp2 and the m-audio TriggerFinger

c) I have no programming skills except some poor knowledge in Basic, 
bash and even C++/Qt3. OTOH I'm familiar with sysex for a long time 
now. I already have read the programming tutorial, but I failed because 
I don't know how to compile the CVS source I checked out. I get a lot 
of errors, and I'm not familiar with Java at all. So the question is: 
Will I be able to write the drivers mentioned above? For all three 
devices I need to write a programmer, not only a librarian.

For the Midisport 8x8 I have already written a shell script and a Qt-app 
to program it, but I'd like to see it in JSynthLib as well. This device 
seems to be a good starting point because it's a simple one. For the 
V-Amp2 there's a programmer called V-Amp design but it's Win only, not 
Mac or even Linux. For the TriggerFinger there's a programmer called 
Enigma (Mac and Windows), but to be honest, it's not a comfortable app. 
For all these devices I already have collected/reverse engineered some 
sysex commands, but the difficulty remains: Java programming :(


OK, that's it so far. I really appreciate some comments like "No, 
without any Java experiences you'll never be able to do it" or even 
RTFM :) .



Thanks & best regards


ce