Midi entry from Motif XS into Musescore

• Mar 12, 2019 - 20:53

My motif is recognized through USB on a Debian Stretch installation.

However when i go to preferences => I/O there is not even mention as an option for midi devices. I have only jack and pulseaudio.
I am using Musescore 2.1.0 and also 3.0.1
On both versions I cannot see any section for midi devices.
There is a portaudio section in i/o in version 3 but not version 2.
However the portaudio has no selectable dropdowns and is seemingly deactivated, whatever it is.

The youtube videos I saw for midi note entry for version 2, clearly shows that you can select your keyboard as midi device.
That functionality doesnt exist in the versions I have seemingly, or it is not a static config display that drops entries for devices not present, so maybe it removes configuration if it cannot find a midi device.

Anyone got musescore to get note entry through midi with musescore on Linux ?

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• Mar 12, 2019 - 21:41

To Add I confirmed with a virtual keyboard app on Linux that the Motif Midi ports are found.
It could both select Motif Input Chanels 1-4 and output chanels 1-4.
Somehow Musescore fails to even find the Motif Midi while other software on the same machine finds it easily.

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• Mar 13, 2019 - 20:24

Are you using the AppImage or the packaged version? (The AppImage is known to not work with some audio I/O devices.)

When you change the input type (between ALSA, PortAudio, JACK or shudder PulseAudio), you must exit and restart MuseScore before the dropdowns become usable. (Changes to language or audio I/O settings require this, IIRC the dialogue even says so.)

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