<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">Why can't alsa midi report "connectable" devices inside Pd, to <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461212395014_8889" dir="ltr">be displayed in a dropdown?<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461212395014_8987" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461212395014_8988" dir="ltr">-Jonathan <br></div><div class=".yiv5589555922yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:24 AM, Jaime Oliver <jaime.oliver2@gmail.com> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv5589555922y_msg_container">I can confirm that is still the case…<br clear="none">J<br clear="none">> On Apr 21, 2016, at 12:11 AM, Miller Puckette <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:msp@ucsd.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:msp@ucsd.edu">msp@ucsd.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> So... last time I used 'alsa midi' I think It worked to start up Pd with<br clear="none">> -alsamidi, then use aconnect to make Pd's input listen to whatever source<br clear="none">> aconnect will allow it to be connected to.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> But that was years ago... I'm happy to say I don't have to use MIDI very<br clear="none">> frequently.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> cheers<br clear="none">> Miller<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 04:04:19AM +0000, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:<br clear="none">>> BTW-- On OSX I get the correct device string "AKM320", and when I set <br clear="none">>> that device everything looks to be working correctly there. I only tested <br clear="none">>> with the GUI port of Pd-l2ork, but I'd assume Pd Vanilla also works there.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> -Jonathan<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:31 PM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at" target="_blank" href="mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at">pd-list@lists.iem.at</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> qjackctl has three tabs: Audio, Midi, and ALSA. The device shows up in the <br clear="none">>> ALSA tab.<br clear="none">>> lmms has a drop down list for midi in and midi out. It shows up on those lists, <br clear="none">>> I can select it, and then I'm off making sounds. And that is using ALSA as the <br clear="none">>> backend, so I know this can be done.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> aconnect -o sees it:client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]<br clear="none">>> 0 'Timer '<br clear="none">>> 1 'Announce '<br clear="none">>> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]<br clear="none">>> 0 'Midi Through Port-0'<br clear="none">>> client 20: 'AKM320' [type=kernel]<br clear="none">>> 0 'AKM320 MIDI 1 '<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Neither Pd nor Pd-l2ork see it or list it with --listdev.<br clear="none">>> I can symlink /dev/snd/midiwhatevs to /dev/midi and it will get <br clear="none">>> found and work in pd-0.46-7 (but not in Pd-l2ork-- maybe something <br clear="none">>> with the 0.43 changes? not sure). But that requires <br clear="none">>> me to go buy clothes from 2005 off of ebay. I don't want to do that, <br clear="none">>> I want *AKM320* to show up in a dropdown list in Pd. <br clear="none">>> -Jonathan<br clear="none">>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:14 PM, Miller Puckette <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:msp@ucsd.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:msp@ucsd.edu">msp@ucsd.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> A fun challenge....<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Does anything see it? (In particular, does the qjackctl MIDI patch bay see it?)<br clear="none">>> Not that that's scientific, but that's the way I check around for whether the<br clear="none">>> so-called ALSA MIDI driver can find it.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> cheers<br clear="none">>> Miller<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 02:08:29AM +0000, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote:<br clear="none">>>> Hi list,I got a little AKM320 usb midi keyboard for $40. Hooked it up, fired up <br clear="none">>>> Pd, and we're back to 2005:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.multimedia.puredata.general/14675">http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.multimedia.puredata.general/14675</a><br clear="none">>>> Just change UM-1 to AKM320 and you have my error report. Well, aside <br clear="none">>>> from the fact that my laptop doesn't have a modem on it (though I bet if it <br clear="none">>>> did it'd show up in Pd's audio device list...)<br clear="none">>>> Any clue what's going on here, and how to fix Pd to do the right thing _without_ <br clear="none">>>> touching any of the state on my machine (save for the Pd binary, of course)?<br clear="none">>>> <br clear="none">>>> Thanks,Jonathan<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>>> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at" target="_blank" href="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at">Pd-list@lists.iem.at</a> mailing list<br clear="none">>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5589555922yqt7735772772" id="yiv5589555922yqtfd60017"><br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at" target="_blank" href="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at">Pd-list@lists.iem.at</a> mailing list<br clear="none">>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at" target="_blank" href="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at">Pd-list@lists.iem.at</a> mailing list<br clear="none">> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>