Subj : Re: New SID to MIDI conversion tool
To   : All
From : Daniel England
Date : Tue Aug 15 2017 07:42:29

> Well - in ye olden days I was also a C/C++ coder though haven't been 
> actively coding in that language for some time now. Is it straight 
> compilation error or bugged functionality that results?

No, the problem is that I've done some changes to ReSID and SIDPlay and written 
C DLL (library) wrappers for them using MSVC.  I used to program in C/C++ but 
it was so long ago.  When I did, I used Windows so using MSVC wasn't too much 
of a stretch...  I 
need the wrappers because I've written the programs using Pascal (Delphi) and I 
need my versions because they have critical changes.

I need the wrappers to compile .so libraries for Linux and MacOS.  So, I need 
to port the code to GCC.  I don't really know how to do that.  I'm 
investigating so I'll learn eventually but it would be nice if someone could 
help me.

BTW, if I'm going to weigh in on the MIDI usage thing, then I'd have to say 
that MIDI forms the backbone of almost all DAW software and therefore is used 
in almost every track out there now, just not in the hands of people who make 
light of it by playing 
it on their SoundBlaster.  

There are still a lot of people who make their own backing tracks and you have 
to get the music in some form.  MIDI has replaced sheet music in a way.


Daniel.

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