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Javilon
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Ubuntu bluetooth midi

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I have a Roli Seaboard. I have gone through the Bluez installation as per this link:
https://tttapa.github.io/Pages/Ubuntu/S ... BlueZ.html
and in fact, my Seaboard is detected and paired. I can see the midi messages arriving when I use

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aseqdump -p 128:0

If I use pmidi -l to list my midi ports I can see:

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$ pmidi -l
 Port     Client name                       Port name
 14:0     Midi Through                      Midi Through Port-0
 20:0     UMC204HD 192k                     UMC204HD 192k MIDI 1
128:0     RISE 2 RI2HUTFZ89HO               RISE 2 RI2HUTFZ89HO Bluetooth

BUT...
If i use amidi -l to list my devices I get:

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amidi -l
Dir Device    Name
IO  hw:1,0,0  UMC204HD 192k MIDI 1

My seaboard is not showing, it seems to to be registered as a hardware sequencer wirh alsa. That means reaper will not see it and it will not allow me to use the seaboard for midi input.

I guess I have missed something. But what can it be?

Javilon
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:44 am

Re: Ubuntu bluetooth midi

Post by Javilon »

Sorry, this is a repeat of:
viewtopic.php?t=24481
Where the problem is solved. I have used the same solution and it works for me (snd_virmidi).

Only thing is, I get a lot more latency with bluetooth than a usb cable. So I'll stick to wired midi.

Last edited by Javilon on Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
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