I can confirm that is still the case…
J
> On Apr 21, 2016, at 12:11 AM, Miller Puckette <msp@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> So... last time I used 'alsa midi' I think It worked to start up Pd with
> -alsamidi, then use aconnect to make Pd's input listen to whatever source
> aconnect will allow it to be connected to.
>
> But that was years ago... I'm happy to say I don't have to use MIDI very
> frequently.
>
> cheers
> Miller
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 04:04:19AM +0000, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> BTW-- On OSX I get the correct device string "AKM320", and when I set
>> that device everything looks to be working correctly there.  I only tested
>> with the GUI port of Pd-l2ork, but I'd assume Pd Vanilla also works there.
>>
>> -Jonathan
>>
>>
>>    On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:31 PM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list <pd-list@lists.iem.at> wrote:
>>
>>
>> qjackctl has three tabs: Audio, Midi, and ALSA.  The device shows up in the
>> ALSA tab.
>> lmms has a drop down list for midi in and midi out.  It shows up on those lists,
>> I can select it, and then I'm off making sounds.  And that is using ALSA as the
>> backend, so I know this can be done.
>>
>> aconnect -o sees it:client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
>>    0 'Timer          '
>>    1 'Announce        '
>> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
>>    0 'Midi Through Port-0'
>> client 20: 'AKM320' [type=kernel]
>>    0 'AKM320 MIDI 1  '
>>
>> Neither Pd nor Pd-l2ork see it or list it with --listdev.
>> I can symlink /dev/snd/midiwhatevs to /dev/midi and it will get
>> found and work in pd-0.46-7 (but not in Pd-l2ork-- maybe something
>> with the 0.43 changes? not sure).  But that requires
>> me to go buy clothes from 2005 off of ebay.  I don't want to do that,
>> I want *AKM320* to show up in a dropdown list in Pd.
>> -Jonathan
>>    On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:14 PM, Miller Puckette <msp@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> A fun challenge....
>>
>> Does anything see it?  (In particular, does the qjackctl MIDI patch bay see it?)
>> Not that that's scientific, but that's the way I check around for whether the
>> so-called ALSA MIDI driver can find it.
>>
>> cheers
>> Miller
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 02:08:29AM +0000, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote:
>>> Hi list,I got a little AKM320 usb midi keyboard for $40.  Hooked it up, fired up
>>> Pd, and we're back to 2005:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.multimedia.puredata.general/14675
>>> Just change UM-1 to AKM320 and you have my error report.  Well, aside
>>> from the fact that my laptop doesn't have a modem on it (though I bet if it
>>> did it'd show up in Pd's audio device list...)
>>> Any clue what's going on here, and how to fix Pd to do the right thing _without_
>>> touching any of the state on my machine (save for the Pd binary, of course)?
>>>
>>> Thanks,Jonathan
>>
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