On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM, David Adler <david.jo.adler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (midi status byte (channel ignored)) > the midi status byte, in decimals. > look here for the full list: > http://www.midi.org/techspecs/midimessages.php#2 it was this one single point that was causing all of the confusion. the midi status byte is defined in the midi spec, i.e. 176 Chan 1 Control/Mode Change. once those numbers became clear from the midi spec, the entire thing made sense, and I can now successfully get everything going as planned. big thanks to you and lsd in the #opensourcemusicians chat room for helping me through this. only one item remains: is midi control of the play button implemented? I don't see it mentioned in the doc... big thanks again everyone! :) -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user