[LAU] Can aplaymidi access all MIDI channels?

Ken Restivo ken at restivo.org
Sat Sep 15 01:35:42 EDT 2007


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On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:27:38PM -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> 
> I don't think you are missing anything. I play midi's all the time which 
> have many channels active. It sends data out over the midi port which I 
> play on my synth. If yours aren't playing you might want to check the 
> midi settings on your player.
> 
> Janina Sajka wrote:
> >I can only seem to get aplaymidi to talk over MIDI channel 1. I see
> >nothing about how to access the other 15 channels in the man pages for
> >aplaymidi or aconnect. What am I missing? Thanks.
> >

Just a guess, but I'll bet that the MIDI *file* you are playing, has data on only one channel.

Try opening it up on seq24 and/or Rosegarden, to make sure.

- -ken
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