Ok, now i have it (Sorry, it takes a while)

The lpatchage connections are jackmidi (bridged) from RG and LS. I've turned off midi-seq, and i'm using raw for these pics. I can't connect RG midi to LS 'straight' jack midi, but i CAN connect RG alsamidi, to LS alsamidi, using the bridge. I can live with that. :)

All well and good, and i'll just need to be careful when hooking RG to LS, that i don't connect things twice. (By connecting RG to LS in RG port settings, AND in lpatchage)

But i'm still at a loss as to why i can't connect LS audio out, to Ardour audio in, in lpatchage, visibly.
It works in Qjackctl, but stubbornly refuses to connect in lpatchage, even though the  actual connections are made in Ardour, and most importantly, work.

Still, it's all working, not crashing, doesn't twitch, etc...

There is good news. :)

Alex.



On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Nedko Arnaudov <nedko@arnaudov.name> wrote:
"alex stone" <compose59@gmail.com> writes:

> Nedko, if you're lost in this then i have no chance. :)
>
> With everything still intact, and the visible cable connections still active
> in the lpatchage pic i posted before, this is what qjackctl shows me.
>
> http://shup.com/Shup/80256/jack1.png

This shows you have JACK MIDI connections between rosegarden and
linuxsampler. both apps are alsa seq and midi goes:

rosegarden -> a2jmidid -> jack midi -> a2jmidid -> linuxsampler

qjackctl shows jack midi connections in midi tab, alsa seq connections
in alsa tab.

> http://shup.com/Shup/80256/jack.png

does not open here

> And here's the lpatchage pic of RG, my midi keyboard, and LS, all lashed
> together, reflecting the connections shown in Qjackctl.
>
> http://shup.com/Shup/80261/patch3.png

Those are JACK MIDI connections.

> This tells me i have connections in both alsa, and a2j, at the same time.
> If lpatchage shows me a connection(s) then what is it? a2j? You've already
> written that lpatchage can't patch alsa, so it must be a2j, yes?

yes ;)

> I will admit here i don't understand how i can connect RG in lpatchage, if
> RG is static bridge and won't respond to a2j. The pics seem to say
> otherwise, and the connection to Linuxsampler as well has me thoroughly
> mystified, if this is the case. (And i'll be the first to admit i'm a
> complete wizard at the gentle art of user error.)

RG is not static bridge. I was refering to alsaseq-jackmidi static
bridges. a2jmidid is dynamic bridge, dynamic means, it automatically
creates JACK MIDI ports for ALSA seq midi ports. I've tried to exmpain
things in a2jmidid README:

http://home.gna.org/a2jmidid/README

My confusion about RG is, that I was under impression that rosegarden
does not create output alsa seq midi ports but just sends midi events to
exisiting alsa seq midi input ports. I think i've checked this but maybe
I just got it wrong. I dont really use RG.

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Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>