21 Apr
2014
21 Apr
'14
7:14 p.m.
On 04/21/2014 05:09 AM, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
On 21 April 2014 at 2:30, <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
I mentioned it because you said the Mackie has only MIDI ports. If your
computer has a MIDI port, you don't need an adapter. But if you don't
have a MIDI port on the computer, a single port USB<>MIDI adapter is
pretty cheap.
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---- Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us>
wrote:
Not yet. I don't own one. If a USB<>MIDI device is the correct
way to get MIDI hardware communication to work, then I'll get
such a unit. But, I don't want to buy one for troubleshooting,
if it's not needed. Is it generally agreed that a USB<>MIDI unit
is needed?
On 20 April 2014 at 7:54, "F. Silvain" <silvain(a)freeshell.de> wrote:
Did you try a USB<>MIDI connector? Kevin Cosgrove, Apr 20 2014:
...
> I'm trying to figure out how to interconnect the *MIDI* of the following:
>
> - M-Audio Delta 1010 hardware MIDI ports
> - Mackie Control Universal hardware MIDI ports
> - Alesis QS8 hardware synth
> - a2jmidid software MIDI interface
> - Ardour jack-MIDI ports
>
> What can you folks advise?
Hey Kevin,
I've got the same card and I use MIDI everytime I work with my system.
Why do you use a2jmidid, when JACK has its own option?
jackd ... -Xseq
Valid for JACK1 and JACK2 (JACKmp).
The Mackie above is a control surface. I want to use it with Ardour.
Here are some instructions for that. The 1st link references the
2nd, which references the 3rd.
http://manual.ardour.org/using-control-surfaces/devices-using-mackielogic-c…
http://manual.ardour.org/using-control-surfaces/devices-using-mackielogic-c…
http://manual.ardour.org/setting-up-your-system/setting-up-midi/midi-on-lin…
That last link says to "uncheck the Misc > Enable ALSA Sequencer support"
which is the same thing as avoiding "-Xseq". After going through that,
and going with "a2jmidid -e" then my Behringer BCF2000 control surface
worked just fine.
But, the Mackie has no USB port, only MIDI ports, and I have not been
able to get anything Linux to talk to it.