================================================================ ALSA sequencer connectors over network ver.0.1 Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Takashi Iwai ================================================================ * ASEQNET aseqnet is a sequencer client which sends/receives events over network. Suppose two hosts (hostA and hostB) connected by network. You need to run ALSA system on both hosts. Then, start aseqnet as a server on hostA: hostA% aseqnet sequencer opened: 128:0 A user client 128 with port 0 was opened. (The client number may vary.) At next, start client on hostB. The argument is the hostname where server is running. hostB% aseqnet hostA sequencer opened: 132:0 Now events sent to hostA:128:0 is transferred to hostB:132:0, and vice versa. You can connect these ports arbitrary to other sequencer ports. For example, connect hostB:132:0 to a MIDI output device 65:0. The aconnect utility can be used for this: hostB% aconnect 132:0 65:0 Events to hostA:128:0 will be delivered indirectly to hostB:65:0. You'll hear MIDI sounds as following: hostA% pmidi -p 128:0 foo.mid The multiple clients may exist simultaneously. If hostC is connected as a client to hostA, events from from hostA are sent to all connected network clients, hostB and hostC. However, only one connection is allowed from a client to a server. To disconnect network, stop all clients before server by ctrl-C or sending signal to them. The server will automatically quit. The available options are: -p port : specify the TCP port number or TCP service name. Default value is 40002. -s addr : explicit read-subscription to the given address (client:addr). -d addr : explicit write-subscription to the given address. -v : verbose mode.