[linux-audio-user] Is there a shortcut to merely test a midi device?

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On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 13:46, Mark Knecht wrote:
> tim hall wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 May 2004 17:15, Benjamin Flaming wrote:
> > 
> >>On Thursday 06 May 2004 10:09 am, Lee Dunbar wrote:
> >>
> >>>[snip: how to test a MIDI keyboard]
> >>
> >>     Another idea would be to use Hydrogen for testing.
> > 
> > 
> > Yup, Qjackctl & Hydrogen are the two applications I usually bring up first to 
> > check the system. There are command line utilities like aplaymidi & 
> > arecordmidi (or amidi if you want to send sysex). I used to use timidity for 
> > this purpose, but I haven't had it working properly for a while.


> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> > tim hall
> > 
> 
> A nice feature in Reaktor Session is the ability to play a patch using 
> the standard keyboard. z-? provide an octave with a few keys in the next 
> row up (s,d,f,h,j, etc.) providing sharps.
> 
> Does no Linux soft synth provide some capability like this?
> 
> I think it would be a nice little app for someone to provide a simple 
> MIDI keyboard emulator using the qwerty keybaord. (Or is this what 
> virmidi does? I've never used it.)

Thats exactly what vkeybd does...only not QWERTY.  More like AZSXFVGBHNJMKL.  8~}  

You patch it in via one of the many gui apps. 
I dont know if Reaktor registers a midi in port or not.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark


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