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The MIDI standard provides a way to play music using synthesized and electronic instruments, versus recording real ones.

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Ableton Alternatives?

I've tried and failed using PlayOnLinux to get Ableton Live to run, and I am aware that there are tools to record and mix music already existing for Linux. What I need, however, is access to very ...
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How to eliminate noticeable MIDI latency even with linux-lowlatency?

Ubuntu 20.04.1 (upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 -> 18.04 -> 20.04 if that matters)... I recently bought a USB MIDI keyboard (MAudio Hammer 88), with Yoshimi soft synthesizer I had noticeable lag ...
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Assign persistent MIDI Port to USB device?

Let's say that this device... Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1234:5678, ATTRS{manufacturer}=="SONY", ATTRS{product}=="61", DEVPATH==/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-2/2-2.1 ...is currently assigned ...
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Save as MIDI when playing from VMPK & QSynth

I have set up VMPK and QSynth along with JACK. It works and I can hear the tunes. But what I want is to have the played tunes saved automatically as a MIDI file. I found this question here: MIDI to ...
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After upgrading to trusty, ALSA midi connection (aconnect) doesn't seem to work right

Previously in kubuntu 13.10 I was able to open vmpk or plug in a midi keyboard, and provided that TiMidity was running in server mode, I could run aconnect [keyboard port (129:0 for vmpk)] 14:0 ...
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How to play embedded midi audio in PDF file?

I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 and using Adobe Reader 9. When I click on the embedded file link in the pdf file I get a dialogue box saying Multimedia Player Finder: The media requires an additional player. ...
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MIDI device (Yamaha electric piano) cuts out after about 15 seconds

I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on an HP Pavilion with Ubuntu Studio installed, connected via USB to a Yamaha electric piano. When I start either Rosegarden or aplaymidi on a MIDI file, the sound emerges ...
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Controlling a synth like QSynth via hardware midi knobs

So I'm at a bit of a loss, as a bit of a newbie to linux and DAWs. I'm basically hoping to use some midi hardware knobs on ubuntu studio to control the aspects of it's sounds, just basic things like ...
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Several issues when trying to start jack server.

Configured or not starting jack server always results in this crash on my machine: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10 ERROR: control open "/dev/audio" (No such file or directory) ...
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Timidity won't play on second sound card

I have a trouble with Timidity and playing midi files. I have two soundcards -- the first is on-board and I don't use it, because of "poor" quality output. The second is USB card Focusrite Scarlett ...
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Can't play midi file, Gstreamer keeps asking for i386 plugin that can't be installed (64bit)

I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit. When trying to play midi (.mid) file, it asks for a gstreamer plugin, but the Install button itself is unclickable. Actually, I have gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (GStreamer ...
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Play midi from Linux with old synths

I have an Ubuntu Linux Laptop with USB ports. I have an old Yamaha Sy22 from the 90's I just want to edit music via a sequencer and play the music via the synth. No sound card or whatever alike. I ...
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Where has thre ALSA tab gone in my QJackdctl?

I have no ALSA tab anymore in my QJackdctl. I am trying with copious amounts of failure to get output from my midi keyboard on Ubuntu. After playing around a bit (clicking a few options, following ...
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Midi not Working after installing Jack

I am currently trying to run FlStudio 20 (with the help of wine64) on Ubuntu 21.10. Its mostly working surprisingly good. The Only Problem I am unable to solve Is my Audio & Midi. With the basic ...
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How can I connect a Yamaha PSS-A50 to rosegarden on Ubuntu Studio?

I have a Yamaha PSS-A50 keyboard that I intend to use with rosegarden on Ubuntu Studio. The keyboard is seen by the computer; the response from lsusb is: Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux ...
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Ubuntu Studio and Midi over Ethernet

Is there a standard, commonly used program for handling Midi over Ethernet included in Ubuntu Studio? If not, any recommendations? I would like to run VCVRack on a number of computers on my LAN, and ...
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In JACK-Connnections, Yamaha AG06 Interface is listet as ALSA-MIDI not as Audio

After programming my Behringer FCB1010 FootController using a Midi-USB-Interface, JackCtl now lists my Yamaha AG06 as a ALSA-MIDI device but AG06 is an audio-interface. Why is this detected wrong and ...
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Change standard pitch for midi file playback?

It seems that when playing a midi file with audacious a standard pitch of 440hz is applied. Is it possible to change the standard pitch to say 443hz?
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Ubuntu 18.04: easyABC install issues

I've been having troubles getting easyABC to work properly, on Ubuntu 18.04.04 (64 bit). The install is here: https://ifdo.ca/~seymour/easy/ http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#EasyABC I downloaded ...
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Connect Behringer crave USB MIDI to Ardour

I am trying to sync a Behringer crave over USB midi and control it from Ardour. I can see it in lsusb: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1397:121e BEHRINGER International GmbH CRAVE But not in amidi -l or ...
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Can I create an ALSA virtual MIDI port with any name?

Can I create an ALSA virtual MIDI port with any name? I want to run ATS-MA7-SMAF with Wine. If the OS is Windows7 or earlier, the included virtual MIDI driver can be used, but since Wine cannot ...
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midi - transferring sound output from the yamaha keyboard speakers into my own laptop (then headphones) in rosegarden

I have rosegarden and it works fine, i have sound recording notes in it but I want the output sound to play through my headphones via my computer instead of it playing through the keyboard in-built ...
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PC as a MIDI controller with output to USB

Is there a program to output MIDI signals to USB? I installed vmpk but I am not sure if it is able to do this job. At this stage, I want to control stm32f4-discovery with Deskripator-v2.
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Sending MIDI input from VMPK on a laptop to raspberry pi

I have a raspberry pi running a pygame python script that requires MIDI input. I have a MIDI keyboard and I have set up the Pi to work with a MIDI keyboard directly. What I want now is to have a ...
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How to setup a MIDI Keyboard? - Ubuntu 16.04.2

I have a MIDI Keyboard - Alesis QX49, which is compatible only with Windows and Mac. A Disc of Ableton Live came with the keyboard. (I've managed to install Ableton using Wine). Qsynth and QJackCtl ...
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No Sound after Midi-recording?

What I did: I turned QSynth on, I turned JACK on, I turned both off, I wanted to get an Output from my E-Piano. Instead I don't get any Sounds out of my System (Ubuntu 14.04) anymore. How do I ...
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Seq24 connecting to Akai MPX8

I'm fairly new to Linux, SEQ24 and Midi. Good background on Windows and programming in general. Issue #1 I loaded seq24 (version 0.9.2) onto a Raspberry PI2. It seemed to load OK. However I can't ...
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Control Alsa in real time with external controller?

Okay so after hunting down old threads and questions, I feel it's best to just ask this and see if I can get some help. My question is how in the world do I control Alsa externally with my Korg micro ...
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Speed adjustable MIDI playback

I'm new to Ubuntu, and not well versed in technical issues. As a musician, I practice along with MIDI files found online, such as on ABCnotation, and I need to slow them down at first. Preferably ...
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How to get a midi keyboard working in 13.10?

I try to get my midi keyboard running with lmms. The device ( a yamaha psx e223 connected via a midi-mate 2 ) is listed when i run: amidi -l IO hw:1,0,0 USB Device 0x2573:0x10c2 MIDI 1 IO hw:1,...
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Qjackctl alsa connections, what connects to what?

Trying to get my guitar going via midi usb cord and I just need to know what connects to what. Here is a picture.
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Midi Input to Finale on Wine

I am using Finale 2012 with Wine on Ubuntu 13.04 and I am trying to connect my keyboard through a Yamaha UX16 midi to USB cable to my computer so I can use it with Finale. When I list the usb devices ...
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How to use MIDI keyboard with seq24

I want to set some MIDI from a MIDI keyboard on a loop using a sequencer, and it seems like seq24 would be the simplest way to do this. However, seq24 doesn't show up in JACK connections, and I don't ...
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MIDI playback from sequencer extremely distorted

I installed following packages (on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS): sudo apt-get install fluidsynth qsynth qjackctl vlc vlc-plugin-fluidsynth fluid-soundfont-gm fluid-soundfont-gs qtractor When I play a midi file ...
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How can I parse this variable?

I have a midi keyboard I want to read the output of and parse to execute various commands. I have run amidi -p "hw:1,0,0" -d which returns a list of keys pressed hex values, as various keys ...
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Ubuntu Studio LTS 22.04 - How to get MOTU Midi USB interfaces to work?

Specifically looking for how to get my MOTU Midi Express, Midi Express 128 and Micro Lite USB midi interfaces to work.
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Qjackctl Play Button doesn't work with external MIDI device

I use Ubuntu Studio 22.04.3 LTS. Also, I use Jack Audio Connection Kit. I have an Alesis Q88 MKII MIDI keyboard controller and it works so fine with my computer. But... This device has transport ...
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Ubuntu 23.04: How to connect a MIDI keyboard always to the same MIDI device ID?

I have a MIDI keyboard connected to a computer running Ubuntu 23.04 (the problem already existed under 22.10). At boot time, the MIDI keyboard is connected either as /dev/midi1 or /dev/midi2. Every ...
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Ubuntu Studio - ALSA - JACK midi port

I've installed Ubuntu Studio (22.04 LTS) and was able to make a lot of tasks. Everything works smoothly but some of the applications I'm using are creating ALSA Midi Ports, others JACK Midi Ports and ...
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How to automate midi and audio settings?

I have a libre computer roc-rk3328 with Ubuntu 20.04. I'm using a synth called AMsynth, every time I turn it on I have to: use the command "aconnect" to connect a midi keyboard to the synth....
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studio-controls 2.1.4 vs 2.1.64

Does anyone have a copy of the studio-controls 2.1.4 .deb for 20.04 from the backports-ppa? The minute I ran updates and studio-controls 2.1.64 hit my machine, my audio and MIDI setup fell apart. ...
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Upgrade midi drivers?

For some reason, Ubuntu is not reading midi very well consistently. Sometimes my drumpad works perfectly. Sometimes exactly every other note is ignored. Other times it ignores at random. I've turned ...
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how do i connect midi to bitwig in ubuntu 20.04?

I'm having trouble connecting midi to bitwig. I can see my midi devices in carla but there are no midi inputs into bitwig studio. When I plug a new device in I get a midi error in bitwig that says &...
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Setting up Nektar impact LX25+ in Ubuntu

I'm running Ubuntu on a Dell XPS 13 with Waveform free primarily as my DAW. I just bought a shiny new controller keyboard and I can't get a blip out of it. I initially tried setting it up with my ...
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Yamaha psr-e413 does not appear as midi device (ubuntu 20.10)

Hello‚ I've recently updated from ubuntu 18.04 to 20.10 and am now having extreme difficulties setting up my keyboard as a midi device as before. It does not appear under lsusb nor under aconnect. ...
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Hardware game port on Ubuntu Studio 20.04

Does the hardware game/midi port work with Studio 20.04? If it does how does it get configured?
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Midi controller, soundcard problem

I'm following these steps on my Ubuntu 16.04 in order to connect a midi controller and be able to hear the sounds played without WINE or any special software with GUI. Here are my outputs: 1) lsusb ...
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MIDI revisited 19.10 Rhythmbox

I'd like to be able to play MIDI files through one of the default Ubuntu media players, preferably Rhythmbox. For some reason, clicking on a MIDI file in file manager launches "Videos". MIDI files are ...
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New to Linux-No midi sound in Ubuntu studio 19.10

I am new to Linux but have used Win DAWs. I came upon Ubuntu Studio 19.10 and decided to give it a try. I have sound online (YouTube) but when I load up a DAW and try play a midi file, there us no ...
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How can we install AriaMaestosa on Ubuntu 19.10?

How can we install a current version of AriaMaestosa on Ubuntu 19.10? IMHO it's the very best MIDI editor around, and their PPA hasn't been updated for a long time.
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