Re: Re: [linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a midi device?

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Subject: Re: Re: [linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a midi device?
From: Lee Dunbar (dunbar_AT_techemail.com)
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 17:19:05 EEST

Thanks for the heads up on amidi - can't wait to get the time on the SuSe box so I can try it. FWIW, what is PD? I've searched sourceforge for the string 'midi', nothing stood out (my newbieness thinks that means 'Public Domain').

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 13:34:26 +0200 (METDST)
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens_AT_ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a
        midi device?
To: A list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu>
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Lee Dunbar wrote:
> Any suggestions on brute force communications w/midi devices? Can
> I cat some string int /dev/midiwhatever?

Yes, or you could use the amidi tool.

But you should send valid MIDI commands if some MIDI device is
listening at the other end.

> I once used 'cat ATO > /dev/ttys00' for testing a modem, that was
> slick, but what commands are sent in MIDI?

http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/miditech.htm

To see how such commands look like, run "amidi -p virtual -d" and play
some .mid file to the virtual port.

HTH
Clemens

-- Matthew 28:19,20

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