Re: [LAU] ALSA ate my MIDI! (Or Something)

I have a Roland PCR-M80 and it works just fine via usb. Have you tried to
use the USB connection instead of the hard midi one?

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Matthew Smith <matt@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Quoth Matthew Smith at 2008-09-21 13:05...
> ...
> > Now, for some strange reason, MIDI seems to be broken. When I plug in
> > my Roland PC-300 MIDI controller and hook it up with Jack to a softsynth
> > or to Rosegarden, nothing happens. I flipped the switch on the back
> > that sets the output to go to the 'real' MIDI port rather than through
> > the USB system, hooked it into a 'real' synth module and it worked fine.
>
> Just answering my own post to provide further information:
>
> 1) I have managed to use the keyboard OK with software on Windows XP
> under VMWare.
>
> 2) Using aplaymidi, I have been able to send data out of the MIDI out on
> the keyboard.
>
> 3) Using arecordmidi, nothing seems to be captured.
>
> This suggests that the keyboard is working normally and that something
> is amiss with ALSA receiving MIDI data.
>
>
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