From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Mon Nov 7 10:49:41 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BBBC3375B for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:49:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcelbonnet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x233.google.com (mail-it0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC0A7C73 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:49:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcelbonnet@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x233.google.com with SMTP id e187so19232330itc.0 for ; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:49:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=LkMXD8UNAYpjhQjqB+cTQRdfM6My6Mskbm0uBncpRak=; b=XN0XNW/JNLCLgybG2pTC3qPGWU3HBLAfb/MHXjHP6iSxrclcbG5jhx2ZceqCAtqLL5 pScrdbf/jUew2RZTjbFVgbRofAieyhpbzcXvE0jkZAdyRTd4elEyze7WkIVFjPKc/04U XjjkHEpUTP/L7MkkoDfuUjZMdmhMSg3OqGPzhvnVAGr5yH0ZQklVwJ/UwaiOauqLkW28 JdNVZoijytCycXWMSegJ+TA8Pk8iQqIDopHSRtdIJHOIkNIQcjOyU0qm3ubjK/Zk+yCn A4qyyNXmBgO2AsgwI0Xe2+4OQ8n1Y5Sh0CDHBbC/JeGWsxoumxawj3zJJFtgV++YwBts JRIQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LkMXD8UNAYpjhQjqB+cTQRdfM6My6Mskbm0uBncpRak=; b=JgM8Ui4n9jIcw93Hm3Wy/AdR4RnqZMipk68oqbDyKJ8h0PyCb3UOMAvM2D/hCxOFOE zqMWWXXBL7rYJZTBjworOEOWmMGhqrDRv2E9VdYEa8/wMfgXNLcx2hKSzPcVT8hjnZS6 P1aQ6H8RNdIV99MN8fWswzrkc7HmtxZHzg9du05RBf0rbZJiFhztRiEp2WXOP2nwOR47 0wlJ7tkpsoKgMv6eIlEK5dxUbOHq6gAtvJt20qzz9IIg3lwuMCFWwEjoVpqe8dUpXbFu /MPyTBAGLRMAw7uETIeUwzWa0GXffGgF2lAs3XNI1j7MwSR73ly0GoDQIA3DSuzAFSIq tgOw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngveG8i7PqCIginSyt5D0unZWHW67y8IKhKNSrnG8BdpZJ3JqA8L0MmWxgJW8iXbwU2KOWOUwlIbn45ixRA== X-Received: by 10.36.175.82 with SMTP id l18mr6493281iti.113.1478515781181; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:49:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.107.196 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 02:49:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <851570759.8045937.1478355480246.JavaMail.zimbra@ixsystems.com> References: <851570759.8045937.1478355480246.JavaMail.zimbra@ixsystems.com> From: Marcel Bonnet Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 08:49:40 -0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Jack'd Up MIDI To: Matt Olander Cc: FreeBSD multimedia Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:49:42 -0000 On 5 November 2016 at 12:18, Matt Olander wrote: > > My question is...how in the heck do I use it? Docs seem scarce for midi on FreeBSD (or ancient), so I'm hoping that it's something silly that I missed/skipped or overlooked. > > When I plug it in: > ugen0.16: at usbus0 > uaudio3: on usbus0 > uaudio3: No playback. > uaudio3: No recording. > uaudio3: MIDI sequencer. > uaudio3: No HID volume keys found. > > ..and a /dev/umidi3.0 device appears (yay!?). I think my Akai APC40 board is on umidi2.0. > Hi, folks. Dear Matt, another user, with the same MIDI Controller contact me in private last month. He got it working, then I compiled the experience in a thread (FreeBSD Forums) : https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/58151/ , if you are interested. Hope it is accurate, I tried to explain how this works in FreeBSD, and pointed how to do it; suggesting some MIDI apps to play. Cheers, -- Marcel Bonnet github.com/marcelbonnet/