Re: [Bluemusic-users] alsa midi

[alex s. <com...@gm...>]

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Steven Yi <ste...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> Getting the API to run with blue got a little trickier after 2.0.
> With Windows "it just works" if you use the Csound installer.  With
> OSX there are issues and on Linux one may have to modify blue.conf in
> blue/etc directory to add the path to where the lib_jcsound.so is
> located. I think there's a thread in the archives related to setting
> it up for Debian (I don't recall the exact modification required at
> the moment).
>
> As for recording notes, this is something that was being worked on
> with blue's MIDI support but I have not managed to find time to
> implement it.  There are ways to play instruments in realtime with
> MIDI keyboards through blue's MIDI system (vs. csound's MIDI system).
> There should be some information in the archive, or perhaps someone
> else here could comment.  (Unfortunately, it's past 2am here for me
> and I still have work to do for my job...).
>
> Hope that helps and if you don't manage to find the information just
> reply here and I'll try to find that out for you.
>
> Thanks!
> steven
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:10 AM, alex stone <com...@gm...> wrote:
>> I've been hammering the manual, and as a very new user of Blue (and
>> csound) i can safely say my brain is melting. (woohoo, progress)
>>
>> My first questions are basic, but i'll add my setup, in the hope it
>> clarifies what i'm trying to do.
>>
>> Gentoo 64bit, Csound 5.12 built from a Gentoo ebuild ( including
>> java), and Blue, running from it's own dir. I'm using JACK as the
>> audio, and want to use ALSA as the midi (in the absence of jackmidi)
>>
>> I have Blue up and running, but although i've selected Csound API use
>> (via the checkbox), i get no terminal notification telling me i'm
>> using the API.
>> Is this a problem i'm storing up for the future? Should i be building
>> Csound direct from source to use this feature?
>>
>> As far as i can tell (at this stage) Blue seems to be running ok, and
>> i've managed to include the choice of using ALSA midi, without errors.
>> (rt-midi=ALSA)
>> What i can't find is the means to use ALSA midi input from my midi
>> controller driving the Reson6 synth, and record the output in a track.
>>
>> Which object would i use for this, and how do i get Reson6 to respond
>> to alsa midi input, to record notes?
>>
>> As per a previous post in the LAU list, i also note that the fine
>> jackmidi hasn't made it's way into Csound or Blue just yet, so i add
>> my enthusiastic voice to the masses clamouring for this request. (if
>> the masses are indeed, enthusiastic)
>>
>> My apologies in advance for the basic questions, but i hope i can keep
>> them to a minimum. I shall continue to try and source answers on the
>> interlink before asking here.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alex.
>>
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Steven, i gave the interlink a hammering yesterday, and will continue
today to see if i can find a solution. (Which, if successful, i will
post in the list.)

Thanks for the reply.

Regards,

Alex.

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