Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:28:00 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: Tore Lund <tl32@next.online.no> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MIDI input device Message-ID: <200812221028.01669.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <494F56B9.6060805@next.online.no> References: <1229905387.00050957.1229894401@10.7.7.3> <1229908983.00050970.1229896204@10.7.7.3> <494F56B9.6060805@next.online.no>
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On Monday 22 December 2008, Tore Lund wrote: > 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? No. > 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. With USB2 you simply "kldload usb2_sound" and then plug your USB MIDI adapter. Software which works: fluidsynth i4b/trunk/playmidi (My private SVN) And some more stuff which is not in there. > > > 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. I'm not far away from Arendal. If you're good playing it would be nice to meet you :-) --HPS
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