9 Sep
2003
9 Sep
'03
3:58 p.m.
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003, mawali(a)news.icns.com <mawali(a)news.icns.com> wrote:
Hi
According to the responses to my previous post. There does not seem to be
a way in linux to send MIDI command from my shell to a MIDI output
interface.
The closest response I got was to use a MIDI controller (keyboard) press
the note and then pull the keyboard cable so it cannot send a stop (it
works but, I do believe there is a better way in linux).
For reference I want to be able to generate drone tones on my MIDI. I am
looking for a simple application (MIDI shell??) that would let me turn a
particular note on. I already have a sound card with the wavetable, this
sound card understands midi. Alsa is supposed to have a good midi api, so
how so I insert a midi event into my souncards midi output interface!!
FT
Hi,
Why not try Midge, a text-to-midi converter?
http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk/code/midge/
One of the many features of Midge's own small language is the ability to
generate note-on/off events at a given time in a midi file. From here I
see two approaches you might choose:
1) You might create a midi file containing timed note-on/off events to
suite your needs. (This would be a non-interactive approach)
2) You might create two files, one containing a single, immediate
note-on event and another containing its note-off counterpart and play
them whenever you want to trigger the desired event. (That would be the
interactive approach)
I must add, however, that I have never tried this myself and cannot
guarantee that it will work properly once put to the test; I just
thought that it might be worth trying.
Hope this helps,
S.M.