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+/*
+ * Purpose: A minimalistic MIDI output programming sample.
+ * Copyright (C) 4Front Technologies, 2002-2004. Released under GPLv2/CDDL.
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This program does nothing but plays a note on MIDI channel 1
+ * after sending a program change message.
+ *
+ * This program demonstrates how simple it's to write programs that play
+ * MIDI. All you need to do is assembling the MIDI message and writing 
+ * it to the device. The MIDI format is defined  in "MIDI 1.0 Detailed
+ * Specification" which is available from MIDI Manufacturs Association (MMA)
+ * (see {!hlink http://www.midi.org}).
+ *
+ * This program does timing by calling the sleep(3) system call. In some
+ * systems like Linux there may be better sleep routines like usleep(3)
+ * that provide better timing resolution.
+ *
+ * However application based timing may not be as precise as required in
+ * musical applications. For this reason the MIDI interface of OSS will
+ * provide a driver based timing approach in the near future.
+ *
+ * Please look at the "{!link MIDI}" section of the OSS Developer's
+ * manual for more info about MIDI programming.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <soundcard.h>
+
+#define DEVICE "/dev/midi"
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  int fd;
+
+  unsigned char note_on[] = { 0xc0, 0,	/* Program change */
+    0x90, 60, 60
+  };				/* Note on */
+  unsigned char note_off[] = { 0x80, 60, 60 };	/* Note off */
+
+  if ((fd = open (DEVICE, O_WRONLY, 0)) == -1)
+    {
+      perror ("open " DEVICE);
+      exit (-1);
+    }
+
+  if (write (fd, note_on, sizeof (note_on)) == -1)
+    {
+      perror ("write " DEVICE);
+      exit (-1);
+    }
+
+  sleep (1);			/* Delay one second */
+
+  if (write (fd, note_off, sizeof (note_off)) == -1)
+    {
+      perror ("write " DEVICE);
+      exit (-1);
+    }
+
+  close (fd);
+  exit (0);
+}