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Date Submitted |
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0007775 |
[Squeak] OS-Linux |
major |
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06-25-13 18:05 |
04-07-17 05:53 |
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Reporter |
tim |
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public |
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high |
Resolution |
open |
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Status |
new |
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Product Version |
4.4 |
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Summary |
0007775: unix midiplugin cannot play standard instruments via ALSA midi connection |
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Description |
The MIDI plugin is expected to be able to play sounds using the standard MIDI instrument list; on unix with ALSA sound drivers (i.e. on the Raspberry Pi in this case) this seems not to work. Apparently this has been a problem for some time since the Scratch code using it has been commented out since 2009.
The result is that a lot of sounds are very sub-par for the users of Scratch on any unix platform and of course the Pi. This is a pity, since it gives a very poor impression. |
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Additional Information |
After gazing at the unix midi code I had to conclude that it didn't look like it could work at all, but what do I know? At the simplest level, querying the number of ports seems to give an answer that classes with related functions that get passed a port number. Compare, for example, sqMIDIGetPortCount and sqMIDIGetPortDirectionality |
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Attached Files |
 sqUnixMIDIALSA.inc [^] (18,532 bytes) 06-25-13 18:05 |
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