[PD] Recognizing USB MIDI interfaces on Pd 0.48.1 (Debian 9.5)

[Christof Ressi]

> I cannot recognize USB MIDI interfaces anymore without restarting Pd.

just curious: did this actually work before? at least on Windows I've always had to restart Pd when I plug in a new MIDI device, but maybe that's because of portmidi.

Christof

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. November 2018 um 18:56 Uhr
> Von: Ingo <ingo at miamiwave.com>
> An: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Recognizing USB MIDI interfaces on Pd 0.48.1 (Debian 9.5)
>
> Mmmhh,
> 
> I really don't want to use jack for this.
> I simply need to know what I can do so that Pd sees new MIDI interfaces when I 
> reload the the midi dialog after connecting a new USB MIDI device.
> 
> The way it was on Pd-exended was that Pd would search for MIDI devices when 
> when you opened the MIDI dialog "OSS-MIDI" while running Pd.
> Now it doesn't do this anymore ...
> 
> Pd actually ignores the Media/MIDI settings.
> If I set the input to "none" and hit apply it still uses the MIDI input from 
> the startup - even though it shows "none" in the MIDI settings.
> Please someone tell me that there is a way to do this!
> 
> Is there any kind of a command to send to Pd to update the MIDI device list?
> I really need to stay compatible with my previous software and operating 
> systems.
> Reloading the patch is not an option.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pd-list [mailto:pd-list-bounces at lists.iem.at] On Behalf Of IOhannes m
> > zmoelnig
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:47 AM
> > To: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> > Subject: Re: [PD] Recognizing USB MIDI interfaces on Pd 0.48.1 (Debian 9.5)
> >
> > On 29.11.18 09:27, Ingo wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > I know this has been coverd before but somehow I can't find it.
> > >
> > > I'm having a problem that after switching to Pd 0.48.1 on Debian 9.5 I
> > > cannot recognize USB MIDI interfaces anymore without restarting Pd.
> > > Can anybody tell me how to do this or point me to the relevant
> > information?
> > >
> > > I used to simply recall the MIDI dialog and it was there - that's not
> > > the case anymore.
> > >
> >
> > use alsa-midi and some external software (like qjackctl) to manage the
> > connection between the devices and Pd.
> >
> > fmasdr
> > IOhannes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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