On Tue, 09 Sep 2003, mawali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mawali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > According to the responses to my previous post. There does not seem to be > a way in linux to send MIDI command from my shell to a MIDI output > interface. > > The closest response I got was to use a MIDI controller (keyboard) press > the note and then pull the keyboard cable so it cannot send a stop (it > works but, I do believe there is a better way in linux). > > For reference I want to be able to generate drone tones on my MIDI. I am > looking for a simple application (MIDI shell??) that would let me turn a > particular note on. I already have a sound card with the wavetable, this > sound card understands midi. Alsa is supposed to have a good midi api, so > how so I insert a midi event into my souncards midi output interface!! > FT Hi, Why not try Midge, a text-to-midi converter? http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk/code/midge/ One of the many features of Midge's own small language is the ability to generate note-on/off events at a given time in a midi file. From here I see two approaches you might choose: 1) You might create a midi file containing timed note-on/off events to suite your needs. (This would be a non-interactive approach) 2) You might create two files, one containing a single, immediate note-on event and another containing its note-off counterpart and play them whenever you want to trigger the desired event. (That would be the interactive approach) I must add, however, that I have never tried this myself and cannot guarantee that it will work properly once put to the test; I just thought that it might be worth trying. Hope this helps, S.M. >
