[LAU] ALSA, Java and MIDI ports

[Dmitry Baikov]

On 6/12/07, Andrew Gaydenko <a at gaydenko.com> wrote:
> I have tried this Java app http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/
> with Sun's jdk 5 and 6, and have tried to find app's MIDI ports on qjackctl's
> MIDI tab, but without success. 'hdsp' alsa driver is in use for RME HDSP9632,
> and the card's MIDI ports are visible. The app's preferences dialog shows the
> only choice for MIDI device, and it is called "DSP [hw:0,0]".

I suppose SUN's jdk only uses raw midi ports, that's why you do not
see it in qjackctl, and your HDSP is hw:0 ;)
So, select it, but note that raw midi access is exclusive, so no other
application will be able to use your midi port neither as a raw, nor
as a sequencer device.


Dmitry.