[PD] Yamaha UD-BT01 Wireless Midi Adapter (Bluetooth MIDI) with Linux

[Ingo]

Thanks Derek,

I'll take a look at it. I'm neither using jack nor alsa midi atm so I'll
have to check out how I would use this.

Ingo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Kwan [mailto:derek.x.kwan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 11:49 AM
> To: Ingo
> Cc: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] Yamaha UD-BT01 Wireless Midi Adapter (Bluetooth MIDI)
> with Linux
>
> On Sep 04, Ingo wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I was wondering if anybody has used the Yamaha UD-BT01 Wireless Midi
> > Adapter (Bluetooth v4.0 MIDI) with Linux.
> > I was wondering how you could get the MIDI data to get recognized by Pd.
> >
> > Does anybody have any experience or know how to use it?
> > I would like to use it with either Debian or Raspbian (or both).
> >
> > Ingo
>
> I haven't used that particularl midi adapter, but I use a USB MIDI
footswitch a
> lot with my stuff and I run Xubuntu. I use it with this program a2jmidid
which
> is at least in the Ubuntu repos, I think it's supposed to bridge ALSA MIDI
and
> Jack MIDI. Anyways, I then open up a ALSA MIDI channel or two in Pd. I
then
> connect the two graphically via Jack using that nifty qjackctl program.
>
> So to sum up:
> Logidy footswitch -> a2jmidid -> JACK (qjackctl) -> Pd via ALSA.
>
> There prob is a way easier way to do it (mb I can get that footswitch in
> directly to Pd via ALSA MIDI?) but I've found it to be reliable and
rock-solid in
> performance. Maybe you could follow a similar pattern with your wireless
> MIDI adapter.
>
> Derek