On Sunday 18 October 2009 12:04:14 am David Adler wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:29 AM, uhoh <uhoh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > i've followed the online ardour manual section 10.2, but it isn't > > working. manual page shows the bcf showing up under MIDI in qjackctl > > Connect window, but for me it comes up under ALSA. i tried various > > combinations conncections to/from ardour from qjackctl but to no avail. > > > > i'm using debian lenny on amd64 with ardour compiled from source (since > > it's not in the debian distribution). > > > > i have the bcf2000 connected through usb and it's showing up fine > > in /proc/asound/cards. > > > > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > In qjackctls setup window, select 'seq' as Midi driver in the drop-down > menu at the bottom left. Then all Alsa-Midi ports should appear under > Alsa as well as under Midi. okay, now i have extra ports under the MIDI tab conveniently labeled midi_capture_3 ... midi_playback_8 (presumably for the BCF2000 and ardour) in addition to my soundcard ports. i tried some random connections here, but it didn't do anything. > Some explanation of the two Midi systems: > http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/faq/start#qwhat_is_the_difference_between_jack-m >idi_and_alsa-midi thanks for the link. it doesn't solve my problem, but any info on how the underlying software works is good to know. under the ALSA tab i have the following out ports (in addition to my sound card): MIDI 1 & 2 under the BCF2000 and control, mcu, & seq under ardour. the in ports are the same for ardour, but i have MIDI 1, 2, & 3 for the BCF2000. which outs connect to which ins? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user