Big Patch Series Prepares The Linux Audio Drivers For MIDI 2.0

[TheLexMachine]

One of the things I don't like about the MIDI Association is that they have the specifications (especially of latest standards) under closed doors.
I've heard they even charge for some of these documents, but I cannot confirm.

All I had to do was create a user account and I got access to all the (interesting to me) documentation, for free.

[stiiixy]

One of the things I don't like about the MIDI Association is that they have the specifications (especially of latest standards) under closed doors.
I've heard they even charge for some of these documents, but I cannot confirm.

Try asking?

[JEBjames]

Michael

Typo

"and roughly six thousand liunes of new code" should be "and roughly six thousand lines of new code"

[timofonic]

Why so much time to get it implemented? Is ALSA undermanpowered? Any hardware available to buy that supports it? Why CI needs userspace?

[pkunk]

One of the things I don't like about the MIDI Association is that they have the specifications (especially of latest standards) under closed doors.
I've heard they even charge for some of these documents, but I cannot confirm.

Same for ISO and IEEE.

[tildearrow]

One of the things I don't like about the MIDI Association is that they have the specifications (especially of latest standards) under closed doors.
I've heard they even charge for some of these documents, but I cannot confirm.

[entropy]

Waiting for the MIDI 2.0 general purpose Controllers (with high-res pot knobs and sliders) and Linux support.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Big Patch Series Prepares The Linux Audio Drivers For MIDI 2.0

Nearly forty years after the MIDI digital music protocol was first introduced, in 2020 the MIDI 2.0 protocol was announced as a major overhaul for this widely used standard by musical devices. A big patch series sent out today prepares the Linux kernel sound drivers for MIDI 2.0...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/MIDI-2.0-Linux-Kernel-Patches