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From: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.music.synth
Subject: Bill Barton's midi.library
Summary: Pete Yadlowsky, are you reading this?
Message-ID: <2438@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 8 Aug 89 21:40:38 GMT
Reply-To: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
Organization: The Flying Squid Patrol
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I'm looking into doing some work with Bill Barton's midi.library.  My 
primary goal at the moment is sysex-type work (e.g., patch editors,
librarians, etc.)  I have a few questions for anyone that has had some
hands-on experience with it:

1)  The docs mention that the serial.device has problems with large sysex
    dumps, as in it loses bytes.  Since I plan to be doing most of my work
    large sysex dumps, this concerns me.  Does anyone have data on what
    sorts of problems I can expect to experience.  How large a dump can
    be handled before bytes start falling on the floor?  I am looking at
    dumps of approximately 16K.  Do I even have a chance?

2)  I have version 2.0.  Is this the latest?

3)  The docs frequently mention "MIDI patch bay" programs.  Did anyone
    ever actually write such a program?

Thanks...

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