Hi Jeff,
Thank you for your reply. a2j is running by default in my version of AVLinux, that's what I'm using. Using the patchbay in QJackctl I managed to make the connection between Pd and the controller persistent. The problem lies with Pd now, in the sense that the midi port is not open by default, and I have to manually open it every time I start Pd.
So I was wondering if there was a way to open the port by default at startup. Perhaps with a startup flag ?
Cheers,
Pierre.
2015-07-08 21:36 GMT+02:00 Jeff Sandys jpsandys@gmail.com:
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:48:12 +0200 From: Pierre Massat pimassat@gmail.com Subject: [PD] Using midi
Dear list,
I am trying to understand how midi works in Pd, and how to facilitate the connection to a midi device.
I m using Pd 0.46-6 on AVlinux with JACK. When using JACK, OSS midi doesn't work. ALSA does, but in an odd way (at least to me).
Pd doesn't appear as a writeable midi client in JACK by default, until I ask Pd to open port 1 (or any non-zero positive integer it seems). I can then automate the connection in JACK using a patchbay profile.
Is there no easier way ? Is it possible to save the midi device in Pd the way sound settings are saved ? It would be nice if we could send a message to Pd when loading a patch to open a specific midi port.
Cheers,
Pierre.
I have solved some jack-midi problems with a2jmidid as described here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit#MIDI I hope this helps. -- Jeff
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