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

Lee Azzarello lee at fallingforward.net
Sat May 8 21:51:35 EDT 2004


I'm fond of PD for midi testing. It doesn't use the ALSA sequencer 
interface but it gives you the actual numbers of incoming 
note/velocity/channel events, CC's and has a random noteout test.

-lee

On May 6, 2004, at 3:36 PM, tim hall wrote:

> On Thursday 06 May 2004 17:15, Benjamin Flaming wrote:
>> On Thursday 06 May 2004 10:09 am, Lee Dunbar wrote:
>>> [snip: how to test a MIDI keyboard]
>>
>>      Another idea would be to use Hydrogen for testing.
>
> Yup, Qjackctl & Hydrogen are the two applications I usually bring up 
> first to
> check the system. There are command line utilities like aplaymidi &
> arecordmidi (or amidi if you want to send sysex). I used to use 
> timidity for
> this purpose, but I haven't had it working properly for a while.
>
> cheers
>
> tim hall
>
>





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