[PD] Was there a change in how MIDI is transmitted ????

[jim ruxton]

I'm having trouble with PD recognizing the virtual ports. I've loaded 
snd-virmidi and when I do:

$ aconnect -lio
client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
0 'Timer '
1 'Announce '
Connecting To: 128:0
client 80: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-0' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-0 '
client 81: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-1' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-1 '
client 82: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-2' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-2 '
client 83: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-3' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-3 '

Then :

$ aconnect 80:0 82:0

client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
0 'Timer '
1 'Announce '
Connecting To: 128:0
client 80: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-0' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-0 '
Connecting To: 82:0
client 81: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-1' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-1 '
client 82: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-2' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-2 '
Connected From: 80:0
client 83: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 2-3' [type=kernel]
0 'VirMIDI 2-3 '

Then:

$ pd -midiindev 23 -midioutdev 21

I get :

couldn't open MIDI input device 22
couldn't open MIDI output device 20
opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
Sample width set to 2 bytes

The only device I can use is mididev 3 ie.

$ pd -mididev 3 doesn't generate "couldn't open ......."

?? ( I don't have a real device attached at this point) . Output of :

$ pd -listdev

oops: ALSA cards not reported in order?
input devices:
1. Intel 82801CA-ICH3 (hardware)
2. Intel 82801CA-ICH3 (plug-in)
3. VirMIDI (hardware)
4. VirMIDI (plug-in)
output devices:
1. Intel 82801CA-ICH3 (hardware)
2. Intel 82801CA-ICH3 (plug-in)
3. VirMIDI (hardware)
4. VirMIDI (plug-in)
API number 1

no midi input devices found
no midi output devices found
couldn't open MIDI input device 0
couldn't open MIDI output device 0
opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
Jim




>Hallo,
>jim ruxton hat gesagt: // jim ruxton wrote:
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>>I'll take a look at this. Do you mean a " noteout "? Is there a way that 
>>I can see the actual midi data going out so I can see what I'm sending? 
>>I'm using Linux.
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>You could use a virtual midi connection using the snd-virmidi virtual
>card, which works even with only Pd as clients. Example: 
>
>
>$ su -c modprobe snd-virmidi
>
>$ aconnect -lio
>client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
>    0 'Timer           '
>    1 'Announce        '
>client 64: 'Rawmidi 0 - M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MPU-401' [type=kernel]
>    0 'M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MPU-401'
>client 72: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-0' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-0     '
>client 73: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-1' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-1     '
>client 74: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-2' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-2     '
>client 75: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-3' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-3
>	
>$ aconnect 72:0 74:0
>
>$ aconnect -lio
>client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
>    0 'Timer           '
>    1 'Announce        '
>client 64: 'Rawmidi 0 - M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MPU-401' [type=kernel]
>    0 'M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MPU-401'
>client 72: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-0' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-0     '
>        Connecting To: 74:0
>client 73: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-1' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-1     '
>client 74: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-2' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-2     '
>        Connected From: 72:0
>client 75: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-3' [type=kernel]
>    0 'VirMIDI 1-3 
>
>
>$ pd -midioutdev 11 -midiindev 13 
>(using 11 = 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-0' + 1 and 13 = 'Virtual Raw MIDI 1-2' + 1)
>
>Now open "Test Audio and MIDI" and if you enable "MIDI OUT" you should
>see the notes coming in at "MIDI IN". 
>
>Ciao
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