[LAU] MIDI Port names in Jack

[Julien Claassen]

Hello Kevin!
   I'm not sure about your portnames, but with -Xseq (in JACK 1), my MIDI port 
names look like this:
alsa_pcm:Emu10k1-WaveTable/midi_playback_4
   This is very long, but for automated purposes this is OK. I could cut&copy 
and paste it into any script.
   But there's jack_alias, this could rename ports for you. Since your ports do 
change names or numbers, this might not be the best solution neither. As far 
as I know, jack_alias can rename a whole client, not a single port.
   With j2amidi_bridge you could patch a JACK port thought to ALSA. You'd still 
have to connect a softsynth port to it. But soft synth ports should have the 
usual names. Other hardware ports can be connected directly through ALSA 
sequencer. I can send you my example .midishrc off-list. There's more than 
just a device setup, there are some convenience functions to connect new ports 
on the fly.
   I hope, this did answer your question, at least partly.
   Kind regards
           Julien

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