Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:58:33 +0100 From: Tore Lund <tl32@next.online.no> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MIDI input device Message-ID: <494F56B9.6060805@next.online.no> In-Reply-To: <1229908983.00050970.1229896204@10.7.7.3> References: <1229905387.00050957.1229894401@10.7.7.3> <1229908983.00050970.1229896204@10.7.7.3>
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Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On Sunday 21 December 2008, Tore Lund wrote:
>> Asking about MIDI here may be somewhat like flogging an absent horse.
>> There seems to be little if any information on mailing lists and other
>> forums about MIDI, so I have to ask: Does MIDI input work at all on
>> FreeBSD? And if so, with what sort of MIDI interface?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have used FreeBSD-current (USB2) with an external USB MIDI adapter and
> several MIDI devices.
>
> The current USB2 MIDI solution is not well integrated into the FreeBSD MIDI
> system. What you get is a raw device to get/put MIDI commands. This basically
> works, but not with all MIDI applications.
I am glad to hear that something works, even if it is not "well
integrated". Is this USB2 MIDI solution documented anywhere? I find it
strange if no MIDI interfaces can be used out of the box. However,
available comments on MIDI on FreeBSD indicate that this may indeed be
the situation.
> Depending on where you are living in Norway I can give you a personal demo :-)
> Hence I like playing the piano and recording using MIDI ...
I live in the suburbs of Oslo. It would be nice to get that personal
demo, but it is a little beside the point. I would much rather hear
about the software and hardware that you and others are using for
running softsynths and MIDI on FreeBSD.
--
Tore
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