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.\" $NetBSD: midi.4,v 1.3 1998/08/18 08:16:56 augustss Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: midi.4,v 1.4 1998/08/22 14:45:35 augustss Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
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to the physical device as fast as possible and is uninterpreted.
Reading from the device returns data as soon as it becomes available.
A moderate amount of buffering is available both for reading and writing.
The raw MIDI devices are mostly useful for non realtime operations, such as
downloading patches to a device, since it is hard to get the accurate timing
needed for quality music from a user program. But the devices can act as
a simple patchboard for MIDI devices. For example, a MIDI keyboard could
be connected to a synthesizer by the command
.Cd "cat -u /dev/rmidi1 >/dev/rmidi2"
.Pp
The
.Pa /dev/music