[LAU] Bug in Aconnectgui?

hollunder at gmx.at hollunder at gmx.at
Tue Sep 23 18:42:08 EDT 2008


On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:31:22 +0100
andy baxter <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Crypto wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there is a GUI tool named Aconnectgui. I use it for connecting MIDI
> > ports to and between MIDI applications that connect to the ALSA
> > sound system and MIDI ports.
> >
> > It seems there is a bug:
> >
> > Step 1:
> > Run Aconnectgui.
> >
> > Step 2:
> > Run fluidsynth -a alsa --midi-channels=48
> >
> > This will start up fluidsynth and fluidsynth will create three
> > virtual MIDI port (instances) that will show up in the Aconnectgui
> > tool.
> >
> > Step 3:
> > enter "quit" in fluidsynth. The MIDI IN ports of fluidsynth are
> > closed and deleted in Aconnectgui.
> >
> > Step 4:
> > Run fluidsynth again as in step 2. BUG: Aconnectgui will only
> > display the first of the three MIDI IN ports of fluidsynth.
> >
> > You can now close Aconnectgui and rerun it. It will display three
> > MIDI IN connections for fluidsynth again, which is correct.
> >
> > Is this truely a bug or am I missing out something? I think it is
> > rather annoying when testing MIDI stuff a lot. Aconnectgui ought to
> > update the connections in a more reliable way.
> >   
> 
> I have noticed the same bug, so you're not the only one. I use the
> alsa midi tab in qjackctl, but I guess this is no help if you're not
> running jack.

You don't need to run jack to connect via qjackctl.

Regards



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