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 support of the operating system to receive and send
- MIDI data. These are:
+ MIDI data. The native MIDI support provides device drivers for MIDI
+ hardware and libraries needed by software applications that want to
+ work with MIDI.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>OS X</dt>
<dd> <dfn>CoreMIDI</dfn> is the standard MIDI framework on OSX systems.
- It provides drivers for MIDI hardware and libraries needed by MIDI
- software clients.
</dd>
<dt>Linux</dt>
<dd>
<dfn><abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound API">ALSA</abbr> MIDI</dfn>
- is the standard MIDI framework on Linux systems. It provides drivers
- for MIDI hardware and libraries needed by MIDI software clients.
+ is the standard MIDI framework on Linux systems.
</dd>
</dl>