Re: [linux-audio-user] VirMIDI output ports don't work

Clemens Ladisch <clemens@email-addr-hidden> writes:

> Sebastian Gutsfeld wrote:
>> I recently discovered that the output/readable ports of VirMIDI don't
>> send any MIDI messages but the input/writable ports of VirMIDI still
>> work.
>>
>> Here's an example setup:
>>
>> MIDI keyboard -> VirMIDI 2-0
>> VirMIDI 2-0 -> synth
>>
>> This doesn't work,
>
> VirMIDI translates between sequencer ports and old rawmidi devices
> (/dev/midi* or /dev/snd/rawmidi*).
>
> If you want a simple MIDI through device, load snd-seq-dummy.

Ufff. You're right. This MIDI through device is exactly what I wanted.

Thank you,
   Sebastian
Received on Thu May 19 20:15:20 2005