"Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Are (and that friend of yours too :-) welcome aboard.

Thank you!

> I'm also working on a MIDI project using ada so perhaps we can talk you
and
> I.
>
> Since you have experience in C/C++ I can't help but suggest you go to my
> website (http://www.adaworld.com), in the "Learning Center" under "Free
> Books" and grab yourself a copy a copy of the pdf file called Ada
Distilled
> which teaches ada to namely C++ programmers.  You might find it
invaluable.
> --
> St�phane Richard
> "Ada World" Webmaster
> http://www.adaworld.com

I've already been at your excellent site and picked up Ada Distilled. In
fact, after my Ada web searches, I have ended up with several tutorials and
even a few full books. It is no shortage of learning material on the web it
seems. I'll pick up a printed book or two as well; there's no substitute for
paper :)

Can you possibly tell a little bit about how you acheive MIDI I/O, and any
other useful bits for MIDI applications? Do you also deal with sound in your
project? What components are you using, and what are your development and
target platforms?

Having thought more about it, MidiShare may be a bit of an overkill - it's
just that i may be the easiest way to get MIDI going (for me). Ideally I'd
like the simplest of MIDI I/O, again just a buffered raw stream would do,
and then any extra functionality (a la MidiShare) can be done in Ada.

Regards,

      Are
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