[LAU] MIDI connections (BCF2000 <--> ardour)

[Kevin Cosgrove]

On 24 May 2007 at 12:15, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at doink.com> wrote:

> On 24 May 2007 at 18:07, "Clemens Ladisch" <cladisch at fastmail.net> wrote:
> > Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> > > > You need to connect one of these two:
> > > >   BCF2000:BCF2000 MIDI 1
> > > >   BCF2000:BCF2000 MIDI 2
> > > > to this:
> > > >   ardour::mcu
> > > 
> > > Well, I tried every combination of inputs and outputs I could
> > > think of, but it didn't work.
> > 
> > Try "aseqdump -p BCF2000:0" to see whether any data arrives.
> > If it does, there is some problem with the connection to ardour.
> 
> I just tried that, and I get
>
> Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end.
> Source_ Event_________________ Ch _Data__
>  28:0   Note on                 0 108 127
>  28:0   Pitch bend              4   -8032
>  28:0   Note on                 0 107 127
>  28:0   Pitch bend              3   -8016
[snip]
> etc.

I just thought about this a little bit more.  My original
problem is not that data won't come out of the BCF2000.  It
works fine with ardour when ardour addresses the hardware as
device="/dev/snd/midiC3D0".  But, when ardour relies on a MIDI
patchbay to connect the ardour:mcu MIDI port to a port on the
BCF2000, then the connection isn't made.  At this point my
supposition for testing is that ardour listens fine and the
BCF2000 talks fine, but a connection between the two isn't being
made.

I'd like help debugging the connection issue, or confirming that
it's not a connection issue.

Thanks!



--
Kevin