jack_umidi and USB devices

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Wednesday 08 August 2012 19:47:29 Marcel Bonnet wrote:
> On 8 August 2012 13:22, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 August 2012 08:00:44 Marcel Bonnet wrote:
> >> On 7 August 2012 21:29, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net> wrote:
> >> > On Wednesday 08 August 2012 02:23:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> >> >> On Wednesday 08 August 2012 02:09:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> >> >> > > So, if I run
> >> >> > > 
> >> >> > > 
> >> >> > > 
> >> >> > > $ jack_umidi -d /dev/umidi0.[1-15]
> >> >> 
> >> >> Note: These are not channels, but devices. Usually only .0 is valid.
> >> 
> >> Hum, you're right! I confused the devices with channels. That's why I
> >> connected them to some-input and I've got nothing. And my bad, I
> >> forgot to say that I used qjackctl but tried to confirm that I got no
> >> MIDI signal by using "dd"
> >> 
> >> > BTW: It shouldn't be too hard to update jack_umidi, to create
> >> > N-subdevices, based on the channel number, given some option -S for
> >> > example.
> >> 
> >> I don't really believe my skills will help to do that right now, but
> >> I'm on the way.
> >> That will be a desirable feature for a future release, but please
> >> don't take it too much in consideration (I mean, I'm *not*
> >> claiming/demanding) as I'm probably one of the most enthusiastic
> >> users of jack_umidi (and I must repeat, uaudio too) because it really
> >> made possible to do a lot of cool things in my machine/hardware.
> >> 
> >> Thanks again.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can you checkout the SVN version of jack_umidi:
> > 
> > svn --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \
> > 
> >       checkout svn://svn.turbocat.net/i4b/trunk/jack_umidi
> > 
> > cd jack_umidi
> > make all install
> > 
> > And see if the new -S and -k options solve your problem?
> > 
> > --HPS
> 
> I can't believe you did it, and so fast! Yes, it's working. I did not
> test all channels, can't test 'em all right now, but I'll do it in
> next few days. It is just perfect. These days I was spending time
> converting some windows proprietary samples I have to Giga Sampler
> Format, and now I can migrate from a Digital Audio Workstation windows
> based to FreeBSD.
> Thanks a lot.

Hi,

You're welcome! Thanks for sharing your good idea. The programming part is not 
too hard when you know what you are doing ;-)

Feel free to post updates about your audio workstation progress ! Might be an 
inspiration for others :-)

> I was looking for a donate page at selasky.org - I really thought I
> saw a donate button sometime, am I wrong ? Do you have a donate page?
> I can't donate too much now, but I really think my action can motivate
> others to do it too. In case you don't have interest, I would consider
> this donation to the FreeBSD Foundation if it's good for you too.
> Feel free to answer me in PVT if you think it's necessary.

My paypal account is hselasky at c2i.net if I don't remember wrong. There should 
be a donate button at the bottom of this page too, leading you to the same 
account:

http://www.selasky.org/hans_petter/video4bsd/index.html

--HPS