Re: Routing MIDI controllers with sndio on Linux.

On 4/8/23 11:42 AM, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 10:44:41AM +0200, Brian Durant wrote:
>> On 4/5/23 5:20 PM, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Brian Durant wrote:
>>>> How are MIDI controllers routed with sndio on Linux? On OpenBSD, MIDI ports
>>>> are named "midi/0", "midi/1", and they correspond to the "midi0 at ..."
>>>> lines of dmesg. I am currently using sndio on Void Linux (mainly for support
>>>> of my MIDI controllers), and the MIDI controllers are typically listed as:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [ 75.825351] usb 1-12: Product: A-PRO
>>>>
>>>> [ 75.825355] usb 1-12: Manufacturer: Roland
>>>>
>>>> [ 142.346575] usb 1-12: USB disconnect, device number 7
>>>>
>>>> [ 215.239705] usb 1-12: new full-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
>>>>
>>>> [ 215.367162] usb 1-12: New USB device found, idVendor=09e8, idProduct=0076,
>>>> bcdDevice= 1.00
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I am unable to route any of my controllers to LMMS (with
>>>> sndio set as the MIDI interface in the LMMS preferences), such as to the SF2
>>>> plugin. I am able to set the MIDI input properly in LMMS (in the plugin),
>>>> but I am apparently not getting a MIDI signal from the keyboard. This is
>>>> where that I suspect that there could be a routing issue.
>>>>
>>>> Sooo, assuming that everything else is equal to sndio on OpenBSD, I need to
>>>> run a similar command, with the equivalent of "midi/0" in Linux:
>>>>
>>>> $ midicat -d -q midi/0 -q midithru/0
>>>>
>>>> Of course with the correct variable for the relevant MIDI device.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's supposed to be the same than on OpenBSD, for better and for worse.
>>>
>>> Could you post the output of 'amidi -l'?
>>
>> Hmm. My reply didn't seem to get through. Here it is again:
>>
>> $ amidi -l
>> Dir Device    Name
>> IO  hw:0,0,0  UMC404HD 192k UMC404HD 192k MID
>> IO  hw:3,0,0  A-PRO MIDI
>> IO  hw:3,0,1  A-PRO 1
>> I   hw:3,0,2  A-PRO 2
>>
> 
> Oh, my bad, on linux, devices have the ",X,Y" suffix, so you need
> these sndiod options for the same openbsd commands to work there:
> 
> sndiod -q rmidi/0 -q rmidi/3,0,0 -q rmidi/3,0,1 -q rmidi/3,0,2 <your-other-options>
> 
> this will map what programs refer to as "midi/0", "midi/1", ... to
> above.

Furthermore, while I can get hex values in the terminal for the following:

$ amidi -l
Dir Device    Name
IO  hw:3,0,0  MPD218 Port A

an AKAI MPD218 drum pad, the MIDI signal doesn't appear to reach either 
the Kicker or SF2 plugins in LMMS when using:

$ midicat -d -q rmidi/3 -q midithru/0

On the other hand, neither "midi" or "rmidi" gets anything out of the 
following pad controller, which is standards compliant:

$ amidi -l
Dir Device    Name
IO  hw:3,0,0  W-P64 MIDI 1

sold as SubZero SZ-controlpad64 by Gear4Music. Again, "sndiod" doesn't 
do anything...