Comment 330 for bug 371897

(In reply to comment #224)
> For me, it seems to work just fine (WaveOut/DS) and I'm getting
> MIDI sound through timidity then.
> Even pulseaudio upstream agrees that alsa is
> necessary for MIDI.

The problem with that is ALSA is not cross-platform like Pulse is.

> However, I wonder about that DirectMusic bit
> - it doesn't seem to work at all, that is apps
> don't produce any sound. Does it need an external
> app too ? Unless it's supported by the means of
> installing native DirectX - that would be quite dissatisfying.

If I understand correctly, Art's patch is winmm-only, and doesn't implement DirectMusic.