I read:
- I would like to input and output MIDI from JACK (from MusE,
specifically, to use MusE as my sequencer and pd as my softsynth/noise machine)
jack doesn't do midi you're talking about the alsa sequencer
I tried just starting pd with things like "pd -mididev 1,2" (-jack and all of that is in my .pdrc) and it gives the error:
couldn't open MIDI input device 0 couldn't open MIDI input device 1 couldn't open MIDI output device 0 couldn't open MIDI output device 1 opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
load snd-virmidi and snd-seq-oss then the above cmdline should work and you get
pd starts, but nothing shows up in my qjackctl MIDI connections window.
virmidi ports in the qjackctl midi connection window
- Does it slow the processing down at all to open pd with more audio
ports and MIDI ports than I am necessarily going to use? (Is it smart to put 6 audio ports in my .pdrc if I'm only going to use 2 most of the time?)
I honestly don't know but if at all not terribly I'd guess.
regards,
x