[LAU] midi capture of external hardware over usb

robert lazarski robertlazarski at gmail.com
Sat Dec 19 14:16:39 EST 2009


On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield
<gabriel at teuton.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, robert lazarski wrote:
>
> Connect the Oasys to the IN on one of the midisport ports and start your
> sequence.  Meanwhile, do:
>
> $ aseqdump --port=24:0
>
> (or 24:1) and see if anything registers.  If you see anything, then the MIDI
> port is working and the problem is something else.  If you're not getting
> /anything/ -- then the problem is between the keyboard and ALSA.  Otherwise,
> it's probably a problem with using arecordmidi.

/home/iksrazal> aseqdump --port=24:0
Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end.
Source  Event                  Ch  Data
 24:0   Note off                1, note 54, velocity 64
 24:0   Clock
 24:0   Clock
 24:0   Control change          1, controller 10, value 13
...

Good, the Oasys to Linux seems to be working...

>
>> /root> arecordmidi --port 24:0 oasys.mid
>
> I wonder if the tempo settings (man arecordmidi) have anything to do with
> this?
>
> -gabriel
>
>

The Oasys sequence is playing at 78 bpm, but this didn't help:

arecordmidi --port 24:0 --bpm=78 oasys.mid &

Any other ideas?

Thanks!
- R



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