Erik Steffl wrote: > Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > I guess hex values qualify as "sort of human readable format". ;-) > > sort of qualifies:-) I'd like something that would try to interpret > it and print out the result (as in note on, note off etc.) arecordmidi has a --dump option, too (you need the alsa-utils-1.0.5rc1 package for this). > I see e.g. 99 2F 51 where the second number differs for different > pads and the last number is up to about 70 (harder hit = higher number). This is OK. The velocity can have values from 01 to 7F. > But I can't hear anything. > > when I dump one of the demo songs the volume has about same values > and I can hear those... however it also sends 89 xx xx and EC xx xx > messages, there's also number of F8 messages (clock?) 8x = note off, Ex = pitch bend, F8 = clock Are there any other messages at the beginning of the demo song? Does the drum pad send any messages when it's switched on? Regards, Clemens