Dear Antoine,
- Antoine Villeret antoine.villeret@gmail.com [2015-05-30 15:56]:
Hi,
as it is defined in Pd's source, on line 98 of s_midi_alsa.c, the "Pure Data" name of Alsa Sequencer Client is fixed. And it is the same for all instance of Pd.
Yes, they only get higher client index numbers assigned as individual instances are created.
As far I know there is no way to change a client name from another client (I tried to do so without success by modifying aconnect).
This is not what I had in mind, I was just curious if a Pd instance knows about its own client name and, especially, index number, so that further actions (aconnect object, aconnect binary via shell external, ...) can be taken without confusing instances.
But maybe it could be a nice feature to be able to choose the Pure Data alsa sequencer client name.
Hm, this could be a nice solution to avoid ambiguity.
For example with a string following the -alsamidi flag and/or in the midi settings dialog box.
Actually it would also be sufficient to specify the other alsamidi ports this instance of Pd should connect to. But I am not sure if this can be done, and I remember Miller or someone else once explaining why it is hard to do.
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In case someone started following this thread by now only, let me sum up:
I am still looking for a way how to have Pd connect to alsa midi devices by their name, and without possible confusion with other Pd instances on the same machine. This is on Linux.
Peter