MidiInputActor
The MidiInputActor is used to read midi messages coming in the
serial port of the computer VSS is running on. It works on
Irix 6.2 and higher, not Irix 5.3.
To use the MidiInputActor implementation, load midi.so
and create an actor of type MidiInputActor. Then use
BeginSound to create a handler which you can assign
to another midi actor's input with its SetInput message.
For example:
aIn = Create MidiInputActor;
sIn = BeginSound aIn;
aOut = Create MidiOutputActor;
sOut = BeginSound aOut SetInput sIn;
implements a simple "midi thru box".
MidiInputActor
The MidiInputActor understands no messages beyond those understood by
all Generator actors.
Setup
Before starting VSS, type
"startmidi -n vss31 -d /dev/ttyd2"
at a shell prompt.
Use serial port 2, not serial port 1; some
versions of IRIX have difficulty using port 1.
The option -n vss31 is required.