Re: [VMPK-devel] vmpk broken in Ubuntu 20.04
On 4/25/20 6:25 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
My first surprise is that the "Ubuntu software center" lists VMPK
license as "Proprietary"!
I also like the missing icon. We've got the same problem with
Rosegarden in Ubuntu. 🙄
Yes, Debian has removed kmidimon so Ubuntu removed it as well. My
recommendation is to use *aseqdump*,
Thanks. I'll add it to my list of potential alternatives to check out.
from the ALSA commandline
utilities. I've used it to verify that both drumtick-vpiano and also
vmpk send MIDI OUT events just fine.
Interesting. I'll try this as well.
The SonivoxEAS is a MIDI synthesizer that I've ported from Android,
Got it. That makes sense. I don't think it's making sound for me,
but now that I know what it is, I'll take a closer look at that.
I hope this addresses the complains from Linux
users in former versions about not being able to find and connect
another synthesizer, or soundfonts.
Ha! Yeah. We get a lot of that with Rosegarden as well.
The problem is that neither vmpk or drumstick-vpiano can output to more
than one driver at once. So if you select "SonivoxEAS" in "MIDI OUT
Driver" (in the "MIDI Setup" dialog), the program produces sound, but
does not send events to the ALSA sequencer client.
I see. That explains it. So I am on the right track, trying to
switch from SonivoxEAS to ALSA. Just need to figure out why is it
locking up at this point for me.
The lock-up that you observed is probably an infinite MIDI loopback,
that happens if you connect the MIDI output to the MIDI input. Maybe
because you are connecting the same ALSA "Midi Through" port to both the
input and the output.
Hmmm. Don't think this is what's happening, but I will have a look
for this specifically. Time for more digging...
Ted.
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