> Well - in ye olden days I was also a C/C++ coder though haven't been 
> actively coding in that language for some time now. Is it straight 
> compilation error or bugged functionality that results?

No, the problem is that I've done some changes to ReSID and SIDPlay and
written C DLL (library) wrappers for them using MSVC.  I used to program in
C/C++ but it was so long ago.  When I did, I used Windows so using MSVC
wasn't too much of a stretch...  I 
need the wrappers because I've written the programs using Pascal (Delphi)
and I need my versions because they have critical changes.

I need the wrappers to compile .so libraries for Linux and MacOS.  So, I
need to port the code to GCC.  I don't really know how to do that.  I'm
investigating so I'll learn eventually but it would be nice if someone
could help me.

BTW, if I'm going to weigh in on the MIDI usage thing, then I'd have to say
that MIDI forms the backbone of almost all DAW software and therefore is
used in almost every track out there now, just not in the hands of people
who make light of it by playing 
it on their SoundBlaster.  

There are still a lot of people who make their own backing tracks and you
have to get the music in some form.  MIDI has replaced sheet music in a
way.


Daniel.

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