Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] newbie advice for linux + yamaha clavinova?
From: beachnase_AT_web.de
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 02:37:59 EET
Hi,
Paul Winkler <pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com> wrote:
> As for input, one nice test (suggested by somebody on this list, IIRC)
> is to download Pd from www.pure-data.org, install it, run it, click
> the Help button, and select "Test AUdio and Midi". On that screen,
> look for two boxes under MIDI IN which should show different values
> depending on the pitch and velocity you play.
>
> I wish I knew of a really lightweight midi input test. Hmmm, wonder if
> I could write one.
I just tried something different: In ALSA, in the alsa-lib source tree you'll find some
tools in the "test" folder; try
$ make seq
in there, then start
$ ./seq decoder
It listens to port 128:0 by default (created by itself). Now just connect your external
MIDI device's port to this port:
$ aconnect 64:0 128:0
(most of the time, 64:0 is the external MIDI port).
This gives me a lot of nice debugging info when I play the keys of my MIDI keyboard.
Stop it with Ctrl-C. Rather light-weight testing IMHO.
>
> Next step is to pick a MIDI sequencer. Check out MuSE, Brahms, maybe
> Jazz++... others?
With MusE, try starting it with
$ muse -m -M
to trace MIDI input and output (see "muse -h" for more help).
HTH,
Frank
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