[PD] Midi sequencing

[Roman Haefeli]

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 15:41 -0500, carmen wrote:
> On Mon Dec 04, 2006 at 09:20:02PM +0100, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > hi cypod
> > 
> > On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 09:22 -0800, Cypod wrote:
> > > Hi PD list,
> > >   Can anybody recommend a midi sequencing application that works well
> > > with pd and possibly jack?
> > 
> > what you mean by 'works well' is heavily dependent on what you intend to
> > do. when using midi or streaming sound around, i see no other way than
> > using jack as a communication layer between the application and
> > puredata. from that point, any app that has jack-ability works
> > technically well with pd.
> 
> PD's [midiin]s can recieve from jack midi ports? 

it seems so. at least when starting pd with '-jack' (well, that flag
still doesn't work here, but i use a workaround by sending a message
[audio-setapi <some values>( ), pd shows up in jacks audio-connections
and midi-connections dialog. and if i connect rosegarden's midi out to
pd's midiin, i can receive the midimessages sent by rosagarden in pd
(and vice versa, of course). this was tested on ubuntu dapper with jackd
from the ubuntu-distro and pd-0.40-0 from cvs.

anyway, in pd's media menu, there is the box 'ALSA-MIDI' activated, so i
don't know how to interprete this, i mean if pd really supports jack's
midi, or if jack does provide some alsa emulation. at least it works.

> if not, maybe you mean to suggest alsa MIDI.. and an external sequencer.

no, i mean a a software sequencer running on the same computer like pd
runs on.


roman



		
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