[linux-audio-user] MIDI confusion

[Christoph Eckert]

> The original poster said that some programs always connect
> their input port to the first MIDI out port, and that can't
> be changed.  If they just registered themselves, it would
> be OK, or if they let you choose the port to connect to it
> would be OK, but always connecting to the first device
> seems boneheaded.

Hm, of course, if a program behaves this way, it's not as good 
as it could be.

But let's take a single desktop computer (or even notebook) 
which gets used as softsynth or sequencer.

A program could remember the last used connections (even if 
these have been made with aconnect or qjckctl) and reconnect 
automatically.

Of course, these bindings should appear in aconnect or 
jackconnect and it should be possible to change it there.

If there are any apps which do not behave this way, why not 
politely contact the author and ask if it couldn't be 
changed? Probably the author has never has been in need to do 
so so he simply didn't think about it.



 Best regards


    ce