SEQUENCER

• 1 The ALSA Sequencer concept

• 1.1 Introduction

• 1.1.1 Currently available sequencer

• 1.1.2 New sequencer

• 1.1.3 Concept of clients

• 1.1.4 Architecture

• 1.2 Clients

• 1.2.1 Client applications

• 1.2.2 Client interfaces

• 1.2.3 User-land clients

• 1.2.4 Kernel mode clients

• 1.2.5 Client communication

• 1.2.6 MIDI ports

• 1.2.7 OSS Compatibility

• 1.2.8 Using OSS as the workhorse

• 1.3 MIDI Emulation

• 1.4 Timing and Synchronization

• 1.4.1 Time format

• 1.4.2 Synchronization

• 1.4.3 Synchronizing sequencer to external timing source

• 1.4.4 Sequencer as timing master

• 1.4.5 Synchronization events

• 2 Trap and pitfalls

• 2.1 Short circuit

• 3 Events

• 3.1 Events

• 3.1.1 Structure of an event

• 3.1.2 Time stamp

• 3.1.3 Source / destination address

• 3.2 Event types

• 3.2.1 Note events

• 3.2.2 Controller

• 3.2.3 Synchronisation

• 3.2.4 Sysex

• 3.2.5 Misc

• 3.2.6 SMF - Standard MIDI File events

• 3.2.7 Patch download

• 4 MIDI emulation

• 4.1 MIDI emulation

• 4.1.1 Channel mapping

• 4.1.2 Wavetable synth

• 4.1.3 Sample format

• 4.2 Patch manager

• 4.3 XG Standard

• 4.3.1 XG implementation for Gravis Ultrasound

• 4.3.2 XG implementation for SoundBlaster AWE

• 4.3.3 XG implementation for SoftSynth

• 5 Sequencer internals

• 5.1 Memory management

• 5.1.1 Free list

• 5.1.2 FIFO

• 5.1.3 Priority queue

• 6 Sequencer API

• 7 Old drafts of the documentation

• 8 Download area

• 9 Credits

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Version 0.036, April 2nd, 1999	Usage:
Copyright (c) 1998 by Frank van de Pol, Netherlands	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture