[linux-audio-user] Newbie Linux user Struggling with MIDI

[robin]

PhilJackson wrote:
> 
>> Ok, so if this is not an ALSA problem at all, then how do I go about 
>> configuring
>>  
>>
>    JACK in this manner?  (I suppose there are some command line commands 
> to run?)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Phil J.
> 
> p.s.     I did find alsaconf in the KDE menu - 
> Debian/Apps/System/Admin/Alsaconf
> but it wants me to log in as root (not as sudo su) and I don't  recall
> the password I set...arrg!
> 
>> It means that Phil's h/w cannot support 1024 frames/period on the
>> capture channel and/or cannot support full-duplex operation.
>>
>> Phil - try configuring JACK to use 2048 frames/period, and try using the
>> -P and/or -C flag to specify playback-only or capture-only respectively.
>>
>> This has nothing to do with alsaconf.
>>
>> --p
>>


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