[linux-audio-user] Re: rosegarden-4-1.0: can't seem to get any MIDI out ...

[Mike Taht]

It's probably not finding the midi device... do an strace on
rosegarden to see what midi devices it's trying to open and see if
they are in /dev


On 1/24/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:
> Sylvain Robitaille wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Cesare Marilungo wrote:
> >
> >> In Rosegarden open the dialog in composition->studio->manage MIDI
> >> devices and check if your midi device is listed into 'Play devices'.
> >
> >
> > Listed and selected as the "MIDI output system device".
> >
> >> Then, in the main sequencer editor, right click on the channel you
> >> want to play and select that device.
> >
> >
> > Done.  All tracks unmuted (just to be sure);  no output from MIDI jack.
> >
> > I use an LED soldered to a DIN-5 socket as a tester, and aplaymidi
> > produces the expected type of LED blinking if I use it to "play" a
> > MIDI file.  This confirms to me (I believe) that both the hardware and
> > the OS level support are functioning properly.  If there's something
> > else I can do to provide additional confirmation whether that's true,
> > I hope someone will suggest it.
> >
> >> Hope this helps,
> >
> >
> > I'm seriously wondering about the fact that Rosegarden does not show
> > up in
> > JACK's MIDI "readable clients / output ports" list, and would appreciate
> > confirmation of whether I should be expecting to see it listed there.
> >
> I don't have Rosegarden listed in the "readable clients / output ports"
> but If I play my midi keyboard through Rosegarden and then out to
> ZynAddSubFx it works.
>
> c.
>


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