[linux-audio-user] midi input

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 12:43 -0800, Noah Roberts wrote:
> I got pmidi to play out to my keyboard, but I can't figure out how to 
> get input.  When I open rosegarden and go to manage midi devices I add a 
> new one and get a "No Connections".  When I select the "64:0" port that 
> pmidi used it just goes back to "No Connection".  It won't select that port.
> 
> I think maybe rosegarden is buggy.  Doesn't help that I am using amd64.  
> Is there a different program I can use to try and record midi from the 
> keyboard?  Is there maybe a module I am not loading?
> 
> pmidi -l:
>  Port     Client name                       Port name
>  64:0     ES1371 - Rawmidi 0                ES1371
> 

Try:

arecordmidi --port=64:0 --dump foo.mid

and play at the keyboard.  You should see the midi data scrolling down
the screen.

Lee