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variety of editing operations on it. Furthermore, MIDI can be used to
control various functions of Ardour.
</p>
<p class="note">
Ardour does not include a <dfn>synthesis engine</dfn> to produce audio
from MIDI data, but relies on plugins or external hard- and software
for the task. This can be a stumbling block for first time users who
expect MIDI input to result in audio output by default.<br />
Please see the section on working with plug-ins for more information on
turning MIDI data into audio output.</p>
<h2>MIDI Handling Frameworks</h2>
<p>
MIDI input and output for Ardour are handled by the same "engine"
that handles audio input and output. Up to release 3.5, that means
that all MIDI I/O takes place via JACK. JACK itself uses the
native MIDI systems of the operating system to receive and send
data which are:
native MIDI support of the operating system to receive and send
MIDI data. These are:
</p>
<h3>OS X : CoreMIDI</h3>
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is the standard MIDI framework on Linux systems. It provides drivers
for MIDI hardware and libraries needed by MIDI software clients.
</p>
<p>
The <dfn>QJackCtl</dfn> control software displays ALSA MIDI ports
under its "ALSA" tab (it does not currently display CoreMIDI ports).
By contrast, JACK MIDI ports show up under
<p class="note">
NoteThe <dfn>QJackCtl</dfn> control software displays ALSA MIDI
ports under its "ALSA" tab (it does not currently display CoreMIDI
ports). By contrast, JACK MIDI ports show up under
the <kbd class="menu">MIDI</kbd> tab in QJackCtl.
</p>
<h2>JACK MIDI Configuration</h2>
<p>
By default, JACK will not automatically detect and use existing MIDI
By default, JACK will <strong>not</strong> automatically detect and use existing MIDI
ports on your system. You must choose one of several ways
of <dfn>bridging</dfn> between the native MIDI frameworks
(e.g. CoreMIDI or ALSA) and JACK MIDI, as described in the sections