Re: MIDI suggestions?
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Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 03:05:18 UTC
Here are some MIDI related ports available out of the box on FreeBSD: https://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=midi&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info On Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 04:03 Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > I did a MIDI Modullar Controller once myself on 8-bit MCS51 MCU :-) :-) > > https://www.tomek.cedro.info/midi-mc/ > > MIDI uses UART frames with some strange bitrate (~23k I dont remember > exactly sorry) and current interface unlike voltage one in pc serial port. > If you have MIDI-TO-USB adapter it may not be different from UART-TO-USB > adapter with some specific settings. There was a specification out there > somewhere. > > MIDI frame contains "events" like key press note strength, knob number > value, etc. > > But I never used MIDI on FreeBSD sorry. I still have the MIDI MC > controller but I gave away the MIDI-TO-USB adapter. I am sure that some > device will show up after you connect the adapter, then you can read the > frames from drvice and write frames to a device. Then you need some > software that would allow you to perform your tasks. You may even try to > write your own tools in Python for easy experimenting. > > It should be even possible to use some USB-TO-UART (or better RS485 > current loop interface) with specific settings to talk MIDI. > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info >