> > The MIDI kit internals are not documented.
>
> I found a copy of the BeBook online, and it gave examples of the MidiKit
> classes. Are you speaking of a more acute documentation of its design?
> Are there header files that could be examined?
That documentation on the old MIDI kit most likely. The midi2 kit was
introduced in R5. A compatibility layer for the old MIDI kit can be built
on top of the new one, just as in R5.
> I've noticed that open
> source MIDI software is scarce as well for BEOS...
I'd be willing to opensource (GPL) the MIDI applications I wrote. I wrote
a mixer and a software keyboard, both are on Bebits and
http://www.sipkema-digital.com/software .
> > Do you have the official MIDI 1.0 specification? If yes, how does this
> > compare to the specs one can find online?
>
> I need to check on that, as they are in a reader for one of my Electronic
> Music workshops. I have a feeling that they are the original specs. I'll
> get back to you on that.
If they are, I'd like to know how they compare to the one at
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec.htm .
--martijn