Re: [Rosegarden-user] No physical MIDI input

[D. M. M. <mic...@ro...>]

On Wednesday 05 August 2009, h2oz7v wrote:

> I also set 16:0 as the main record device and ticked "current".
> However, I get no input activity at all in Rosegarden. I've tried
> swapping round the physical cables etc, with no avail.

As Jani pointed out, you do realize MIDI cables only go in one direction, so 
you have two of them, right?  It sounds to me like you do, since you tried 
swapping the "cables" around.  Plural.

> One thing I'm not using is a real time kernel. Would this make a
> difference?

Your kernel can actually make a difference in MIDI timing accuracy, but that 
is a separate issue.  The most immediate and specific problem you have here is 
that MIDI recording is fundamentally broken.

I doubt it is a Rosegarden problem, so I would suggest taking Rosegarden out 
of the equation to simplify the problem.

I would use QJackCtl and KMidiMon in combination.  Hook the output side of 
16:0 I think you said to the input side of KMidiMon, and see if you see any 
data coming across.

I'm betting you won't, and if you don't, it's probably a broken driver.  I've 
seen that happen before, but it's too early to say that is really the cause 
here.

It could turn out to be Rosegarden after all.  Who knows.
-- 
D. Michael McIntyre