From 0016877c87f359ef5c3576a6078472e5f8469b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: augustss Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:45:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some more info. --- share/man/man4/midi.4 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/midi.4 b/share/man/man4/midi.4 index 27ebee4c5a89..b0b967668145 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/midi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/midi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $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. .\" @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ devices provides raw access to a MIDI device. Data written is sent 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