[PlanetCCRMA] a2jmidi

[Len]

> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Len
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone used the a2jmidi application? It is a
> > daemon that exposes legacy ALSA midi sequencer
> applications
> > in the jack midi subsystem.  Since, for example,
> ffado uses
> > jack midi, it would seem to be a nice way to connect
> your
> > firewire midi hardware to alsa midi applications like
> > hexter, whysynth, etc.  Just wondering since a2jmidi
> has to
> > be compiled from source.
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Jack has a built in ALSA2JACK bridge. You can start
> jackd
> > with the
> > "-Xseq" flag to invoke it.
> > Or if you are using qjackctl, go to
> > Setup-->Settings Tab-->MIDI Driver
> > This shall be set to "seq". Then restart your jackd.
> > 
> > Do we really need an extra application for a built-in
> > feature? Maybe
> > I'm missing something.
> > 
> > Orcan
> > 
> 
> I didn't realize Jack had that capability.  That would
> make an extra app unnecessary, for sure.  Thanks for
> the info.
> 

Hmm.  Actually, that doesn't seem to work.  The option doesn't appear to be available when using firewire (ffado).