On 12/15/2013 01:12 AM, Vesa Paatero wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just getting started with FluidSynth and my problem is that I cannot > get input from a MIDI keyboard... and I can't find any pertinent switches > or help although the man page clearly says that FluidSynth can read > input from MIDI devices. > > On this Linux system, the MIDI keyboard is in /dev/dmmidi2 and when > I try "cat /dev/dmmidi2" I get characters on screen when pressing the > keys.
Hmm, interesting. Anyway, I think the raw midi device is in /dev/snd/midiC*D* (but I'm not sure it's as easy to open and test) > In FluidSynth, I can produce audible sounds using the "noteon" command, > so the connection between FluidSynth and the speakers seems OK. > > Here is a command line whereby the system works with "noteon": > > fluidsynth -v -a alsa -o synth.gain=3.0 -o synth.verbose=yes > /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 The easiest way is to use the alsa rawmidi driver. Find the card name by looking at the /proc/asound/cards file - find the row corresponding to the right sound card, and the label within brackets. In my case it's "Piano", so then the options I need to add are: " -m alsa_raw -o midi.alsa.device=hw:Piano " (of course in your case replace "Piano" with your card name) Indeed this needs to be documented somewhere if it isn't already. // David _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
