Noob question (sorry!): connect keyboard to computer
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:07 pm
Hi!
I have a noob question (sorry!).
I have Yamaha PSR- SQ16 keyboard and I want to connect it to my computer (OS: Ubuntu Studio 17.10) which has an old Sound Blaster Live! Platinum sound card. This sound card has a daughter board called Live drive II which has MIDI in and MIDI out ports. I connected the keyboard MIDI Out port to the Live Drive II MIDI In port. I configured the keyboard to send data through MIDI Out.
Assuming all hardware is working perfectly (I have my doubts on the Live Drive II, but I lack the technical acknowledge on how to test it), I have yet to find a way on how to connect things in QjackCtl so the computer receives the data from the keyboard.
That said, in QjackCtl on the MIDI tab I can find these ports:
Readable Clients / Output Ports
System
Writable Clients / Input Ports
System
On the ALSA tab I find these:
Readable Clients / Output Ports
14:Midi Through
16:SB Live! Platinum [CT4760P]
Writable Clients / Input Ports
14:Midi Through
I tried several combinations and tested them with Gmidimonitor (with JACK support), and googled around to find an answer, all to no avail.
What should I do now?
Thanks for your help in advance
I have a noob question (sorry!).
I have Yamaha PSR- SQ16 keyboard and I want to connect it to my computer (OS: Ubuntu Studio 17.10) which has an old Sound Blaster Live! Platinum sound card. This sound card has a daughter board called Live drive II which has MIDI in and MIDI out ports. I connected the keyboard MIDI Out port to the Live Drive II MIDI In port. I configured the keyboard to send data through MIDI Out.
Assuming all hardware is working perfectly (I have my doubts on the Live Drive II, but I lack the technical acknowledge on how to test it), I have yet to find a way on how to connect things in QjackCtl so the computer receives the data from the keyboard.
That said, in QjackCtl on the MIDI tab I can find these ports:
Readable Clients / Output Ports
System
- midi_capture_1
midi_capture_2
Writable Clients / Input Ports
System
- midi_playback_1
...
midi_playback_6
On the ALSA tab I find these:
Readable Clients / Output Ports
14:Midi Through
- 0:Midi Through Port-0
16:SB Live! Platinum [CT4760P]
- 0:EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)
Writable Clients / Input Ports
14:Midi Through
- 0:Midi Through Port-0
- 0:EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)
- 0:Emu10k1 Port 0
...
3:Emu10k1 Port 3
I tried several combinations and tested them with Gmidimonitor (with JACK support), and googled around to find an answer, all to no avail.
What should I do now?
Thanks for your help in advance