On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 02:53:06AM -0900, terrence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > How could I do this in console mode though? I don't use graphics > on this computer. I'm using a screen reader, and console mode works best. > > terrence > You can connect it using aconnect aconnect -lo lists all the available alsa midi devices.. for example on my system I get: client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel] 0 'Midi Through Port-0' client 16: 'SBLive! Value [CT4832]' [type=kernel] 0 'EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)' client 17: 'Emu10k1 WaveTable' [type=kernel] 0 'Emu10k1 Port 0 ' 1 'Emu10k1 Port 1 ' 2 'Emu10k1 Port 2 ' 3 'Emu10k1 Port 3 ' client 24: 'MK-249C USB MIDI keyboard' [type=kernel] 0 'MK-249C USB MIDI keyboard MIDI ' client 28: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-0' [type=kernel] 0 'VirMIDI 3-0 ' client 29: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-1' [type=kernel] 0 'VirMIDI 3-1 ' client 30: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-2' [type=kernel] 0 'VirMIDI 3-2 ' client 31: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-3' [type=kernel] 0 'VirMIDI 3-3 ' client 128: 'FLUID Synth (7620)' [type=user] 0 'Synth input port (7620:0) To connect two alsa devices together I do (for example): aconnect 24 128 Best wishes, James