[PD] -midiadddev

[Antoine Villeret]

Hi,

you can handle alsamidi connection with iem's (or should I write iohannes')
[aconnect] external.
you will need zexy to deal with space in alsa device name, and then yiu can
connect devices according to their name in a per-patch basis.

cheers

antoine

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2015-05-22 5:17 GMT+02:00 Peter P. <peterparker at fastmail.com>:

> * IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> [2015-05-21 17:58]:
> > On 05/21/2015 10:45 PM, Peter P. wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > I am wondering how to use the -midiadddev flags. What is the difference
> > > between -mididev and -midiadddev, and does this apply to midi on a
> linux
> > > system?
> > >
> > > The mailing list search engine reveals no result for the searchstring
> > > "midiadddev" strangely, so here we go.
> > >
> > > Furthermore, when using alsa-midi, is there a way to set the
> connections
> > > on the alsa patchbay from within vanilla Pd (sans using IOhannes'
> > > aconnect external nor aconnect from the command line after Pd has been
> > > started)?
> >
> > i usually use qjackctl for that which despite it's name can also handle
> > alsa midi and can monitor connections to auto-connect (or disconnect)
> > them by name.
>
> Yes, that's what I am using until now as well, but I would like to avoid
> qjackctl's auto-connect in order to keep my midi connection scheme
> independent, on a per-patch basis, within the startup shell script, but
> without spawning a second (aconnect) process after launching Pd.
>
> But I think I remember Miller once explained on this list why including
> aconnect's functionality within Pd itself was somehow difficult or not
> advisable.
>
> thanks, P
>
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