Python suitable for Midi ?

[J Kenneth King]

Derek Martin <code at pizzashack.org> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 06:54:57PM +0200, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>> The problem I've run into is that I can't set the audio to a higher
>> priority than the GUI (Tkinter).  If I move the mouse over the app, no
>> matter what, I get audio dropouts.  AFAICT this is the same for all
>> Python, regardless of what modules one uses: you can't assign system
>> priorities to different threads.  If you're planning to pipe MIDI to
>> another app for playback, maybe it won't be an issue for you.
>
> FWIW...  You could take your own advice, and devide your application
> in two: one process manages the GUI, and the second is a back-end
> process that plays the MIDI.  Your GUI can even launch the back end,
> which will inherit the priority of the GUI, after which the GUI can
> reduce its own priority (the priority of the back end will not be
> affected by the change)...
>
>
> -- 
> Derek D. Martin
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One also has access to nice-levels on unix systems.