MidiShare Server: a proposed new architecture for the MidiShare Kernel

Dominique Fober (1) , Yann Orlarey (1) , Stéphane Letz (1)

1 GRAME - Centre national de création musicale [Lyon]

MidiShare is a portable software architecture for musical applications, based on a client/server model. Up to now and along all the supported operating systems (GNU/Linux, MacOS, Windows), it has always been implemented at low level operating system layer. This choice was dictated by efficiency and time constraints. The main drawback of using low level layers is the lack of portability and the complexity of the kernel extensions design. Recent evolutions of operating systems, combined with important technology improvements, have made possible to consider a more portable architecture for MidiShare. This document presents a proposed new architecture, based on a user level design.

Mots clés: music; operating; real-time; systems

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Dominique Fober, Yann Orlarey, Stéphane Letz. MidiShare Server: a proposed new architecture for the MidiShare Kernel. [Technical Report] GRAME. 2001. ⟨hal-02158793⟩