On Jan 24, 3:31 pm, mikp...@gmail.com wrote: > Dear all, > > I am asking for a design/strategy suggestion. > > What I have to do is to write a Python application that will send MIDI > commands to an iPad application. > All I know is that the iPad application can be connected to an external Midi > deck through a usb cable and be controlled. > So I think I would connect the iPad via USB to my computer and... try to send > midi commands. > I think the limitation is that the iPad will allow signaling/connection only > to Midi devices, so I have to make so that my Python script pretends that my > computer is a Midi device. > So far I have tried PyUSB library and I can see the iPad, but I can't send > anything to it (probably because I am not pretending to be a Midi device well > enough). > > I am keen to try PyUSB + pygame for the Midi stuff. > > Any suggestion / recommendation / hint / whatever to tell me? > I appreciate every idea at this stage! > > Thanks for reading, > Mik
Some suggestions: 1. The linux audio list will serve you better than the python list for this line of questions 2. Before worrying about python get your 'plumbing' right with dedicated midi s/w like rosegarden, qtractor etc 3. [I dont understand much midi but…] look at aconnect, aseqnet in addition to pmidi, aplaymidi 4. On some recent linuxes, (notably ubuntu) timidity is broken thanks to pulseaudio. In particular, timidity as a normal program works does not imply that timidity as a server works -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
