From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: MMPM/2 MIDI drivers for MPU 401?
Keywords: OS/2 MPU-401
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 15:05:24 GMT

>It looks like third party efforts have been done, but that's not
>MMPM/2, granted.
>

Yeah.  You probably mean Greg Bryant's (DMS) PD OS/2 mpu-401 driver.
That's great, and there are supposedly people developing stuff using that
driver.  The problem is, of course that nothing already available can/does use
it, which is the fault of publishers like Twelve Tone for not caring about
OS/2 or nice gifts like Bryant's driver.  Maybe Greg will jump in here with
his two cents, I know he lurks on the os2 usenet groups.

>I wonder how this new software (for sequencing and so forth) does it.
>(The package is advertised in OS/2 Professional -- I haven't received
>a copy yet.  Does anyone have a copy of the ad available for posting?)
>

Haven't seen it, but I'd call 'em at the drop of a hat if somebody will
post the number.

>I also wonder what Creative Labs has done here.  They have
>SoundBlaster MMPM/2 drivers now which support at least sound and
>CD-ROM.  I wonder about the MIDI support.

Right.  And don't forget that the 'official' mmpm/2 announcement *does* mention
midi, but not what *kind*, ie what 'standard'.  Frustrating.  Below excerpts
are from summer post.  Gess runs the mmos2 list which I subscribe to.  He may
know more.  Also Scott Swix may know more.
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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: IBM Multimedia for PM Announcement -- (long)
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:55:26 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

Following is the text of the Multimedia announcement from IBM.

NUMBER     292-192
DATE       920331
CATEGORY   WS00, WS20, AS47
TYPE       Programming
TITLE      IBM MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION MANAGER/2 AND IBM MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
   MANAGER TOOLKIT/2

... stuff deleted...

   PLANNING INFORMATION
   IBM MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION MANAGER/2:  The following functions are
   available in Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 and are comparable to
   functions in multimedia products already in the marketplace.

...stuff deleted...

   o   MIDI Sequencing and Synthesizer support
              Provides for Media Control of audio adapters that provide
       internal synthesizer support of MIDI data.

...stuff deleted...

   o   M-Audio Capture And Playback Adapter Device Driver (including DOS
       Virtual Machine AudioDD (Audio VDD) Interface Support)
              This is the physical device driver for the M-ACPA.  It
       provides the AudioDD interface to OS/2 and DOS Virtual Machines
       programs, as well as the physical device driver interface for
       M-ACPA to the Audio and MIDI Media Control Drivers.
                               ^^^^
...stuff deleted...

   o   Media Player Applets
              These applets are used to play different kinds of audio,
       specifically digital audio files, MIDI files, and audio compact
                                         ^^^^
       discs.  Each player is installed automatically if the system
       configuration supports that type of audio.  They can control any
       audio device which supports simple Media Control commands like
       play, stop, rewind, and seek.
              Digital audio can also be recorded through a microphone or
       line-in jack.  The recording format is 8-Bit PCM 22Khz mono,
       equivalent to FM Stereo.  These digital audio files can be used
       by products that use audio.

...stuff deleted...

   o   Extendable Data Object Format Support
              MMIO data handlers, either from Multimedia Presentation
       Manager/2 Release 1 or from an application provider, can be
       installed into the system as an extension to MMIO.  In addition
       to RIFF support, Release 1 will provide MMIO Handlers for the
       following data file formats:
       -   PCM, ADPCM Audio Files
       -   AVC Audio Files
       -   MIDI Format 0 and Format 1
           ^^^^
       -   OS/2 Bitmaps
       -   M-Motion Still Images
       -   AVC Images
                  Data handlers can be written to support additional
           MMIO controls for data translations.  With these controls,
           and the appropriate support in the data handler to perform
           the translation, an application can work with media data
           either in its native form, or in a media format native to
           Multimedia Presentation Manager/2.

...stuff deleted...

   o   Utilities
       -   MIDI File Format Converter -- Converts MIDI files from format
           ^^^^
           one to format zero.

...rest deleted...

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>
>I'll keep investigating this one.

Thanks, me too.  Would really like to get out of the dark on this one!

--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov