[PD] midiout restricted to 16 channels

[Long, Steve]

>before i try to start fixing this code, i wanted to ask whether you have
already done so and what the current status of this is.

i did a quick and dirty mod to get midiout working on my system, hope it
works on yours too.

cheers!
-steve

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1060511&group_id=55
736&atid=478072

http://finkla.com/steve/s_midi_alsa.c

-----Original Message-----
From: IOhannes m zmoelnig
To: Long, Steve
Cc: 'pd-list at iem.at'
Sent: 7/8/05 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PD] midiout restricted to 16 channels

Long, Steve wrote:
> hi miller,
> 
> i really appreciate you taking the time to lend me a hand.
(un)fortunately
> i already found the problem, there was a bug in the alsa midi patch.
in
> sys_putmidimess the output port was hard coded to zero, and replacing
the 0
> with the appropriate port variable did the trick.  i've been holding
out on
> posting an update because i also plan on fixing the sys_putmidibyte
function
> in the alsa midi patch if i can.  that might take some time, as i'm
new to
> the alsa api and still pretty green with linux in general, but i'm
shooting
> for early july.  i'll let you know how it goes.

hi

yesterday i ran into the very same problem (that connecting 4 MIDI
devices will give me 64 midi-IN channels but only 16 midi-OUT channels)
a quick look at the code revealed, that somebody is doing
 channel &= 0xF;
which explains a lot.

before i try to start fixing this code, i wanted to ask whether you have
already done so and what the current status of this is.

i am using pd-0.38-4 with the alsamidi-patches, but the problem should
be the very same with any MIDI-OUT.


mf,asdr,
IOhannes