[alsa-devel] ALSA MIDI interface - plugin

[Clemens Ladisch]

Pharaoh . wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2008 10:23 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > Another possibility is to write an ALSA sequencer client, and load
> > snd-virmidi driver.  Then you can connect to a rawmidi device as you
> > like.
>
> Thanks Takashi, I am not sure I understood this fully..Can you point me to
> some sample code or relevant documentation.

There is the old usbmidid daemon that creates sequencer ports for USB
MIDI devices: <http://www.alsa-project.org/~clemens/usbmidid/>.
(It won't install fully on any modern system because the hotplug scripts
have been replaced with udev.)


HTH
Clemens