19 Oct
2009
19 Oct
'09
12:40 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM, uhoh <uhoh(a)cox.net> wrote:
On Sunday 18 October 2009 12:04:14 am David Adler
wrote:
AFAIK there is no disadvantage if the connections are done
in the Alsa tab, since both, the BCF and Ardour, don't use
Jack-Midi anyhow. The Midi tab shown in the Manual is
presumably the same as the Alsa tab today, the picture is
rather outdated.
In Ardour I had to check 'Generic MIDI' (options menu ->
control surfaces -> ...) before I could successfully
ctrl-middle-click the faders to assign them. Probably also
check 'feedback' for driving the motor faders.
I can't tell you which of the ports to use, trial and error
should work. If the Ardour settings don't do the magic a
simple Midi monitor (any of gmidimon, kmidimon or ams
or (if you like) puredata can do it) might be helpful to
trace down the problem.
best,
d
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:29 AM, uhoh
<uhoh(a)cox.net> wrote:
okay, now i have extra ports under the MIDI tab conveniently labeled
midi_capture_3 ... midi_playback_8 (presumably for the BCF2000 and ardour) in
addition to my soundcard ports. i tried some random connections here, but it
didn't do anything.
i've followed the online ardour manual
section 10.2, but it isn't
working. manual page shows the bcf showing up under MIDI in qjackctl
Connect window, but for me it comes up under ALSA. i tried various
combinations conncections to/from ardour from qjackctl but to no avail.
i'm using debian lenny on amd64 with ardour compiled from source (since
it's not in the debian distribution).
i have the bcf2000 connected through usb and it's showing up fine
in /proc/asound/cards.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
In qjackctls setup window, select 'seq' as Midi driver in the drop-down
menu at the bottom left. Then all Alsa-Midi ports should appear under
Alsa as well as under Midi. Some explanation of the two Midi systems:
http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/faq/start#qwhat_is_the_difference_between_jack-m
idi_and_alsa-midi
thanks for the link. it doesn't solve my problem, but any info on how the
underlying software works is good to know.
under the ALSA tab i have the following out ports (in addition to my sound
card): MIDI 1 & 2 under the BCF2000 and control, mcu, & seq under ardour. the
in ports are the same for ardour, but i have MIDI 1, 2, & 3 for the BCF2000.
which outs connect to which ins?