New subject: [linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a midi device?

7 May 2004

Thanks for the heads up on amidi - can't wait to get the time on the SuSe box so I can
try it. FWIW, what is PD? I've searched sourceforge for the string 'midi',
nothing stood out (my newbieness thinks that means 'Public Domain').

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 13:34:26 +0200 (METDST)
From: Clemens Ladisch &lt;clemens(a)ladisch.de&gt;
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a
	midi	device?
To: A list for linux audio users &lt;linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu&gt;
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Lee Dunbar wrote:
...
  Any suggestions on brute force communications w/midi
devices? Can
 I cat some string int /dev/midiwhatever? 
Yes, or you could use the amidi tool.

But you should send valid MIDI commands if some MIDI device is
listening at the other end.

...
  I once used 'cat ATO > /dev/ttys00' for
testing a modem, that was
 slick, but what commands are sent in MIDI? 
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/miditech.htm

To see how such commands look like, run "amidi -p virtual -d" and play
some .mid file to the virtual port.

HTH
Clemens

-- Matthew 28:19,20

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