Re: Adding MIDI APIs to Audio WG Charter (was: MIDI enumeration (was: Re: getUserMedia use cases))

I added two more examples, one for reading NoteOn and NoteOn events and
logging the note names for them, and another for creating a virtual MIDI
output with a simple JS sequencer to feed it data.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:41 PM, James Ingram <j.ingram@netcologne.de> wrote:

> Hi Jussi, Joe,
>
> I don't yet have much experience using Javascript, but
>
> https://gist.github.com/**1752949 <https://gist.github.com/1752949>
>
> looks like a good start from where I'm sitting. :-)
>
> Something I don't understand / that needs thinking about: How, as a
> Javascript author, do
> I get access to MIDI information being generated live by a MIDI _input_
> device? Would be
> wonderful if that could be arranged.
>
> Joe, I understood Marat to be saying that JS-based wavetable synths _are_
> a distinct
> possibility. Presumably, browsers should use them wherever they are
> provided, rather than
> the attached devices. But, as I said, Javascript is not my strong point. I
> take your
> word for it that they work! :-)
>
> Perhaps its also worth noting, that users may have post-production
> software such as Cubase
> or Ableton installed, and that these can also be made accessible via
> devices which appear
> in the user's MIDI output devices list.
>
> best
> James
>
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