Hi,
First, this is my first post to this mail list. (Although I've been an avid reader for quite a while.) I'm also a new user of PD (with prior experience in MAX).
Secondly, my name is Dave and it's real nice to make your acquaintance!
Third: MY QUESTION:
In Max, with support from OMS, there are objects available which list MIDI programs/patch names. In this way, "pgmout" objects can be wired to dropdown menus which display MIDI instrument lists (128 General MIDI instruments for example).
Is there such an object in PD (or Motex, Gem, or other libraries) which provides this functionality?
I'm using Windows XP. So i understand that the "MIDI management" provided by the OS will be vastly different in Linux, and different again in Unix, etc. HOWEVER, I'd really like to know if anybody has written an external for use in the Windows system to create lists,arrays,or dropdown menus which display all available MIDI programs/patches (General MIDI or otherwise).
Many thanks, in advance.
Regards, Dave Sabine. http://www.davesabine.com/