MidiShare is a real-time multi-tasks musical operating system first presented at the ICMC 89. Based on a client/server model, MidiShare offers fast and accurate real-time performances, multi-platform support, powerful inter-application communications, while considerably simplifying the development of complex real-time musical applications. MidiShare has been used by our institution for internal developments for more than 7 years. It was awarded by the Apple Tro... Lire la suite

MidiShare is a real-time multi-tasks musical operating system first presented at the ICMC 89. Based on a client/server model, MidiShare offers fast and accurate real-time performances, multi-platform support, powerful inter-application communications, while considerably simplifying the development of complex real-time musical applications. MidiShare has been used by our institution for internal developments for more than 7 years. It was awarded by the Apple Trophy 89 and the Paris-Cité 90 prize. Today, it is evolving toward a distributed multi-platform environment. The poster session will present and demonstrate its recent developments: the MidiShare environment, the developer's kit and documentation, multi-platform development issues, libraries, Ethernet support, compatibility with other systems and third parties applications.

This paper introduces MidiShare, a real time software module meant for the development of Midi applications in a multi-tasks context. MidiShare brings facility in most of the fields concerned with the development of musical applications: communications management, precise time control, tasks scheduling. The originality of MidiShare lies in its capacity to deal with multiple Midi applications running at the same time. Besides, MidiShare offers some interesting p... Lire la suite

This paper introduces MidiShare, a real time software module meant for the development of Midi applications in a multi-tasks context. MidiShare brings facility in most of the fields concerned with the development of musical applications: communications management, precise time control, tasks scheduling. The originality of MidiShare lies in its capacity to deal with multiple Midi applications running at the same time. Besides, MidiShare offers some interesting possibilities, particularly the one consisting in a dynamic connection between Midi applications through internal links. MidiShare was at first designed for the Macintosh under MultiFinder, it is now available on other machines.