[linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a midi device?

[Clemens Ladisch]

Lee Dunbar wrote:
> Any suggestions on brute force communications w/midi devices? Can
> I cat some string int /dev/midiwhatever?

Yes, or you could use the amidi tool.

But you should send valid MIDI commands if some MIDI device is
listening at the other end.

> I once used 'cat ATO > /dev/ttys00' for testing a modem, that was
> slick, but what commands are sent in MIDI?

http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/miditech.htm

To see how such commands look like, run "amidi -p virtual -d" and play
some .mid file to the virtual port.


HTH
Clemens