Questions tagged [midi]
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No sound and Fluidsynth hanging
Starting a midi file with fluidsynth -i file.midi produces no sound, or just a brief burst. Furthermore, the program hangs where neither quit, Ctrl+C nor Ctrl+D did work and I need to resort to pkill -...
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Why does running "amidi -l" produce an error message that says "Inappropriate ioctl for device"?
When I run amidi -l on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon (Generation 5) running Manjaro Linux, instead of no device info appearing in the output (which I'd expect since no MIDI hardware devices are connected) I ...
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How to write raw MIDI bytes to Linux Midi Through client?
The command line utility amidi may be used to send MIDI hexadecimal bytes to any alsa rawmidi port identified in amidi -l.
I have a piece of music software (Organteq) which monitors Midi Through for ...
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How to connect digital piano with plug and play?
I'd like to connect my old Korg c-15s digital piano to my Toshiba Satellite laptop using a plug and play cable (midi > usb).
I have never done this before, tried a few tutorials but couldn't seem ...
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Cannot connect MIDI keyboard to synth
I seem to be unable to properly connect my MIDI keyboard to any of my synths. I am currently trying to connect it to ZynSubFx Alsa. I ran aconnect 20:0 128:0 to connect the keyboard to the synth, but ...
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not sure if MIDI controller is sending MIDI data to Ubuntu or not
I'm trying to use a hardware keyboard (the Arturia KeyStep Pro) as a MIDI controller via USB in my digital audio workstation (Bitwig) under Ubuntu 22.04. So far, it's not working, and I'm not certain ...
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Problems connecting MIDI DJ controller
I have a Traktor Kontrol S5 and I really need to use it with Linux (in my case Linux Mint). Also, Im new to Linux.
The problem is that, even if Ive installed the driver, the MIDI part of the ...
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Creating Virtual Midi Ports with Jack-Midi
On MacOs there is an app called Jack Pilot that can create virtual midi ports that can be used to route midi data between applications.
Is it possible to configure JACK to do this on Linux?
I have a ...
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Translate keystrokes into MIDI Input events
I am currently struggling with the following: How Can I translate a keystroke into a MIDI Event in Linux? I am working with Linuxmint 20.3 Cinnamon The context: I have an USB footswitch (which is ...
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Enable a software MIDI output for use with pygame
I want to be able to play MIDI notes from the pygame.midi module, similar to Windows. I believe this means setting up some sort of software/virtual MIDI out device. Fluidsynth appears to be able to do ...
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Alsa sequencer issue - no file /dev/snd/seq
I seem to be having issues with my Alsa sequencer. I am using Parabola (Arch variant) and I don't use Pulseaudio, I use Alsa directly. I am trying to play a game via Wine that has MIDI audio. I have ...
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Use MIDI signals for media control
I have a physical MIDI keyboard that also features some control keys, such as "play" and "stop". When pressed, they send the MIDI codes 115 and 116 respectively over the MIDI bus. ...
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How do I get sound output from a MIDI keyboard?
I'm running Arch, and I want to run my AKAI MPK mini mk II through Qsynth. I have gotten to the point where, when I press a key on the keyboard, Qsynth acknowledges it, however it makes no sound. ...
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MIDI notes getting stuck
I have a MIDI keyboard (Axiom 61) connected to the USB port of my PC. The keyboard has never functioned properly with this PC. MIDI signals seem to come thru very randomly causing notes either not to ...
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Strip byte pattern out of MIDI sysex messages between ALSA sequencer port and application
I'm looking for a quick-and-dirty way to strip byte sequences in realtime MIDI sysex messages between an ALSA 'sequencer' port and some editor software I am using.
This is because I'm using editor ...
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