Re: [Alsa-user] Midi interface advice needed

[Bob Peters]

Thanks - that worked a treat!

Clemens Ladisch wrote:

Bob Peters wrote:
  

All I am trying to do is connect the midi keyboard and output the
resultant stream produced (when pressing a note) to the console
    

You can access the device file directly with read() or write(), try
"od -t x1 /dev/midix" (OSS) or "od -t x1 /dev/snd/midiCxD0" (ALSA).
However, this will open the first available port, so you'd better use the
functions from the ALSA library.

  

Does anyone have a code example (small C program) or just an explanation
of how to go forward from here
    

Have a look at alsa-lib/test/rawmidi.c and
<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/rawmidi.html>.


HTH
Clemens