Bob van der Poel wrote:
> Now, when I try to use Jazz++ with ALSA I get a bunch of error messages:
>
>     ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>     subscribe input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>     subscribe output: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> And no recording ability at all. So, I set Jazz++ to use oss. Now, this
> works...almost. The problem now is that all midi events are mapped to
> channel 1.
>
> If someone has a suggestion, I'd be most appreciative. Otherwise, guess
> I'll have to install the GUS again.

I've heard rumors that some versions of Jazz++ are rather buggy. I think
it doesn't work with ALSA 0.9.x at all (independent of the sound card).

> And if someone has a suggest for a simple midi recorder which actually
> compiles, well that'd be nice too.

Maybe I should write a _very_ simple command-line MIDI recorder, just to
show that it can be done.

> I think I've tried just about everything I can find and they all rely
> on a certain qt/gtk/etc and probably only compiled on the developer's
> machine.

Music software is a niche market, and MIDI even more so. There isn't much
overlap between musicians and (open source) programmers.

> Matter of fact, why is midi so unsupported in linux.

That's the Unix approach: "cat /dev/midi > somefile", then edit it in vi.
;-)


HTH
Clemens




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