[L2Ork-dev] midi not working

[Albert Graef]

Sorry, I butchered the first link.

[1] https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/commit/dd87681

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Albert Graef <aggraef at gmail.com> wrote:

> MIDI auto-connect is evil, especially with the ALSA MIDI Through devices.
> That's why it was removed from vanilla a long time ago [1] and pd-l2ork
> followed suit [2].
>
> [1] https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/commi/dd87681
> [2] https://github.com/pd-l2ork/pd/commit/dcbb637
>
> I'm not sure which vanilla Pd version Antonio is running there and what
> kind of audio API he uses, but if he's really using ALSA MIDI and it still
> has MIDI auto-connect then it must be an ancient version. :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> It all depends on what are the default settings when starting Pd. In
>> pd-l2ork I found it better to not try to auto connect midi ports because it
>> was impossible to detect whether such ports even existed which led to
>> unexpected startup issues particularly on low power platforms like
>> Raspberry Pi. IIRC you should be able to add additional startup flags which
>> should take care of the auto connection. Hope this helps.
>>
>> --
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>> Computer Music
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>> On Jul 14, 2016 9:17 PM, "Antonio Roberts" <antonio at hellocatfood.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > the setup of ALSA MIDI devices is exactly the same as with vanilla Pd.
>>> That
>>> > is, you have to use a 3rd party utility like qjackctl to hook up your
>>> > nanokontrol ALSA MIDI device to Pd-L2Ork's ALSA MIDI input (like I did
>>> with
>>> > my Akai MPK mini2, cf. attached screenie connections.png).
>>> Maybe I'm mistaken but has this always been the case with pd-l2ork?
>>> I'm using vanilla right now with the controller and haven't had to
>>> open jack, qtjackl or anything else in order to get it working.
>>>
>>> Antonio
>>>
>>> On 13 July 2016 at 19:05, Albert Graef <aggraef at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Antonio,
>>> >
>>> > the setup of ALSA MIDI devices is exactly the same as with vanilla Pd.
>>> That
>>> > is, you have to use a 3rd party utility like qjackctl to hook up your
>>> > nanokontrol ALSA MIDI device to Pd-L2Ork's ALSA MIDI input (like I did
>>> with
>>> > my Akai MPK mini2, cf. attached screenie connections.png).
>>> >
>>> > You can also use qjackctl's Patchbay dialog to make the connections
>>> > permanent (cf. patchbay.png). If you do that and have qjackctl running
>>> when
>>> > launching pd-l2ork then the connections should be established
>>> automatically
>>> > (as you can verify using qjackctl's Connections dialog). In fact, the
>>> same
>>> > qjackctl patchbay will work for all Pd flavors.
>>> >
>>> > HTH,
>>> > Albert
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Antonio Roberts <
>>> antonio at hellocatfood.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm using Pd-l2ork version 20160619 on Ubuntu 16.04 and I've noticed
>>> >> that midi isn't working. I'm attempting to use a korg nanokontrol 2
>>> >> and when I change the midi in/out ports it doesn't save them.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've tried the same device in pd vanilla and it works.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is anyone else having problems? Is there a fix?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >>
>>> >> Antonio
>>> >>
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>
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