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From: miskinis@aidev.enet.dec.com (John Miskinis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: RECORDING MIDI DATA ON THE ATARI ST (while allowing mouse movement)
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Date: 5 Jun 91 23:24:54 GMT
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Has anyone come up with a mechanism to record MIDI data at high speeds,
and allow mouse movement/operation?  I'm getting all the data, and
timestamping it OK, but I will always get corrupted data when I start
moving the mouse.  I bring this up again and again, in the hope that
someone new to the conference will see it and post a routine that solves
this problem.  I know it can be done, as the best sequencers for the ST
appear to do it perfectly...

I use a drum machine, at maximum tempo, playing a loop of a complex
pattern for testing, and move the mouse in slow circles.  It seems to
generate a MIDI overrun about every ten seconds or so, on an
intermittent basis.

A shot in the dark from someone who want's to provide the world's
musicians with a software system that make the Atari ST shine,

_John_