[linux-audio-user] MIDI splitter

[Christoph Eckert]

> When choosing a MIDI keyboard controller, is the abillity to split
> the keyboard into different zones an essential feature of the
> keyboard itself, or can it be done with software for keyboards that
> don't provide this ability built-it?  I did come across ace, "a
> command line midi splitter/processor especially suited for live,
> keyboard-driven use together with csound," although I don't know if
> a) this is the correct tool or b) if it works in a jack/alsa based
> environment (e.g. put in other words, I load my virtual instruments
> and they appear in qjackctl as MIDI writeable clients, and I plug in
> the keyboard and it appears in qjackctl as MIDI readable clients.
>  The question is how can I divide the MIDI output from the keyboard
> to different instruments based on keyboard range.)

there's also qmidiroute, as found on alsamodular.sf.net. The splitting 
is hard coded, but if you're a bit familiar with coding try to follow 
the qmidiroutr programming tutorial by the author, Matthias Nagorny.


Cheers,

ce