The convenience of AmiUpdate has also allowed a few additions to your AmigaOS system. Camd.library was quietly added a few updates back. This contribution provides a common interface for programs that work with music in the MIDI format to connect with MIDI interfaces or to interconnect between applications. Now programs like Bars&Pipes Professional, AudioEvolution, HD_Rec, Dg-midi-monitor, Horny and CamdPlay will no longer require the user to go download and install camd.library. It will also ease installation of newer programs like Andy “Broadblues” Broad’s Line6PodEditor and his Perl to CAMD Link (Perl Amiga::CAMD).

Now, to make things even easier for the end user, the USB driver for MIDI devices is being added to the default AmigaOS installation as well. This means that if a user plugs in any MIDI class compatible USB device, AmigaOS will recognize the device and make it available to any program.

These additions together make programs for music much easier to install and run, so you can get right in to making music without worrying about the libraries and drivers to install.

Bars&Pipes Professional and camd.library are maintained by, and the USB MIDI driver for camd was written by Lyle Hazelwood. Lyle accepts donations for his software at Lyle’s web site.