From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 09:02:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318011065670 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tl32@next.online.no) Received: from mail46.e.nsc.no (mail46.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5318FC22 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tl32@next.online.no) Received: from [62.16.243.146] (062016243146.customer.alfanett.no [62.16.243.146]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail46.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id mBM91wrV003060; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:01:58 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <494F56B9.6060805@next.online.no> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:58:33 +0100 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080229) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Petter Selasky References: <1229905387.00050957.1229894401@10.7.7.3> <1229908983.00050970.1229896204@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1229908983.00050970.1229896204@10.7.7.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MIDI input device X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:02:01 -0000 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Sunday 21 December 2008, Tore Lund wrote: >> Asking about MIDI here may be somewhat like flogging an absent horse. >> There seems to be little if any information on mailing lists and other >> forums about MIDI, so I have to ask: Does MIDI input work at all on >> FreeBSD? And if so, with what sort of MIDI interface? >> > > Hi, > > I have used FreeBSD-current (USB2) with an external USB MIDI adapter and > several MIDI devices. > > The current USB2 MIDI solution is not well integrated into the FreeBSD MIDI > system. What you get is a raw device to get/put MIDI commands. This basically > works, but not with all MIDI applications. I am glad to hear that something works, even if it is not "well integrated". Is this USB2 MIDI solution documented anywhere? I find it strange if no MIDI interfaces can be used out of the box. However, available comments on MIDI on FreeBSD indicate that this may indeed be the situation. > Depending on where you are living in Norway I can give you a personal demo :-) > Hence I like playing the piano and recording using MIDI ... I live in the suburbs of Oslo. It would be nice to get that personal demo, but it is a little beside the point. I would much rather hear about the software and hardware that you and others are using for running softsynths and MIDI on FreeBSD. -- Tore