On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM, uhoh <uhoh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > AFAIK there is no disadvantage if the connections are done in the Alsa tab, since both, the BCF and Ardour, don't use Jack-Midi anyhow. The Midi tab shown in the Manual is presumably the same as the Alsa tab today, the picture is rather outdated. In Ardour I had to check 'Generic MIDI' (options menu -> control surfaces -> ...) before I could successfully ctrl-middle-click the faders to assign them. Probably also check 'feedback' for driving the motor faders. I can't tell you which of the ports to use, trial and error should work. If the Ardour settings don't do the magic a simple Midi monitor (any of gmidimon, kmidimon or ams or (if you like) puredata can do it) might be helpful to trace down the problem. best, d _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
