Thanks Andreas. I downloadi and built it. Not too difficult. When I run it the program fails asking me for a FIFO? [mark@Godzilla dispmidi]$ ./dispmidi Usage: ./dispmidi <input fifo> Purpose: diplays MIDI messages from the input fifo [mark@Godzilla dispmidi]$ Any idea what the input FIFO might be? Thanks, Mark On 31 Dec 2004 19:23:34 +0100, Andreas Kuckartz &lt;A.Kuckartz(a)ping.de&gt; wrote:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:57:18 -0500, Lee Revell &lt;rlrevell(a)joe-job.com&gt; wrote: Right. Thanks. This is working fine and it's readable when using the mf2t applet that Dave passed along. However I'm only able to capture MIDI from other apps and not from my MIDI ports so far. I seem to have MIDI modules installed. (I think...) Where is the MIDI going? One possiblity is this stinking RME HDSP 9652 MIDI breakout connector not making contact correctly on the card. I may have to tear the machine appart to mod the metal on the back case... Do you see anything wrong with the info below? Thanks, Mark [mark@Godzilla mark]$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by snd_seq_oss 41088 0 snd_pcm_oss 58664 0 nls_utf8 1664 1 udf 80004 0 snd_mixer_oss 19328 2 snd_pcm_oss realcap 4368 0 commoncap 5120 1 realcap snd_seq_midi 7840 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 70928 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_hdsp 60520 5 snd_rawmidi 27428 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_hdsp snd_seq_device 8204 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd_pcm 112264 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hdsp snd_timer 33412 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8584 2 snd_hdsp,snd_pcm snd_hwdep 8452 1 snd_hdsp snd 64644 19 snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_hdsp,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 8928 2 snd

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:25:37 -0500, Lee Revell &lt;rlrevell(a)joe-job.com&gt; wrote: Yes, the ports are there: [mark@Godzilla mark]$ amidi -l Device Name hw:0,0 MIDI 1 hw:0,1 MIDI 2 [mark@Godzilla mark]$ Am I using them incorrectly? Using amidi I see hw:0,0 and hw:0,1while in qjackctl I see 64:0 & 64:32. I'm realizing that I don't know which numeric version to use. 0 0,0 0:0 64:0 Something else? [mark@Godzilla mark]$ amidi -l Device Name hw:0,0 MIDI 1 hw:0,1 MIDI 2 [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi --port hw:0,0 --dump midi-test.mid Invalid port hw:0 - No such file or directory [mark@Godzilla mark]$ [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi --port 64,0 --dump midi-test.mid Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end _______Tick Event_________________ Ch _Data__ 0 Event type 30 [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi --port 64:0 --dump midi-test.mid Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end _______Tick Event_________________ Ch _Data__ [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi --port 64:32 --dump midi-test.mid Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end _______Tick Event_________________ Ch _Data__ None of these seem to produce any results. I can use vkeybd and see events though so it seems to be the HDSP 9652, however vkeybd doesn't show up in amidi -l so I don't know what to use for port numbers.... Confused, Mark

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:02:28 -0500, Lee Revell &lt;rlrevell(a)joe-job.com&gt; wrote: I do. When you just cannot get Alsa to work I found that the best solution is a Dremel Multipro grinder....... ;-) [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi -l Port Client name Port name 64:0 MIDI 1 MIDI 1 64:32 MIDI 1 MIDI 2 [mark@Godzilla mark]$ arecordmidi --port 64:0 --dump midi-test.mid Waiting for data. Press Ctrl+C to end _______Tick Event_________________ Ch _Data__ 41454 Note on 0 66 89 41838 Note off 0 66 18 42222 Note on 0 66 89 42606 Note on 0 66 0 42990 Note on 0 66 89 43374 Note off 0 66 77 43758 Note on 0 66 88 44142 Note off 0 66 116 44526 Note on 0 66 89 44910 Note off 0 66 18 45294 Note on 0 66 89 45679 Note on 0 66 0 [mark@Godzilla mark]$ Thanks! - Mark