MIDI output

• Sep 24, 2008 - 18:35

I've just compilied and installed 0.9.3. A quick run looks pretty impressive.

However, I can't for the life of me to get output to my external synth. The first time I run mscore I did have some transport buttons, but those seem to have disappeared :)

In preferences->i/o I click and I guess at . Restart. No joy. Use no difference.

I do have a synth and it works using "aplaymidi -p 16".

bob$ aconnect -io
client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
0 'Timer '
1 'Announce '
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 16: 'M Audio Audiophile 24/96' [type=kernel]
0 'M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MIDI'
client 20: 'USB Uno MIDI Interface' [type=kernel]
0 'USB Uno MIDI Interface MIDI 1'
client 128: 'MuseScore' [type=user]
1 'MuseScore Port-0'
2 'MuseScore Port-0'

I do not have JACK running.

I would think that the should correspond to the ALSA ports? But, I can't enter "16".

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• Sep 24, 2008 - 20:00

Okay. Got them back ... thanks for that.

I'm able to play the test scores though my standard audio (kde). No problem. And I can input notes from my MIDI keyboard. Cool.

But, I really can't seem to figure out how to play to the ext. synth. When I hit play the cursor line follows the music, but no sounds.

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• Sep 24, 2008 - 20:19

Midi output implementation is not complete. The "auto connect" feature is not implemented. You need to connect the alsa midi ports mscore creates with your physical midi devices.
I recomment qjackctl for this.

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• Sep 25, 2008 - 00:22

Are you saying that midi out only works with jack? I've spent a bunch of time trying to connect midi ports with mscore and alsa with kaconnect. I see the ports, etc. and set a connection between mscore 128:2 and my also 16:0 but no output. Again, input works fine.

qjackctl doesn't work, I think, without jack running.

Ah well, the internal synth seems to work well enough with a decent soundfont.

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