.Too old to Rock and Roll, too young to die..
I know that names been taken but it fits.
I started with Midi in 1983 with a Roland Juno 106.
I had a RS232 to Midi box built and someone wrote a librarian for it with Midi exclusive messages.
Then in 1980's I got a Kurzweil K1000 PX Plus.
Then came General Midi (not a soldier, guys.)
So I got a cheap Yamaha PSR-160 with DIN Midi and built in songs.
All was well until 2010 when I got an Akai Synthstation to use with an iPod as CPU.
Apple changed the 51 pin wiring and it became a USB controller.
In 2015 I got an Akai LPD8 as a USB drum pad.
In 2018 I got back to the General and Roland Go:Keys 61k with built in beat machine !
I wrote Roland in Japan to get a (non-disclosure agreement) Midi implementation chart for same.
In 2018 Christmas I got a smaller Akai MPC mini play with the General on board.
I saw some fancy Akai drum & beat devices and figured I had enough to use Linux to do the same.
I remembered LMMS and was pleased to see it has made the cross platform trip.
In Linux I just do a aconnect 24:0 20:0 to patch the Midi devices Out to In like the old days with wires.
I want to start there with LMMS to make a patch bay without needing JACK in Windows 10 1809.
Microsoft has dropped Midi Mapper but I never liked it anyway.
So your mission should decide to accept is help me to get a keyboard controller (or sequencer) to Output
to a hardware General Midi module (or sound font) with LMMS. I need to "Start Over" as I see a lot to forget and
to learn.
Who's up for a little Rock and Roll mashup ?
Lee T. Davy
Cool Games Network
and
Event Video Multimedia
Retired at 65 in 2017 !
I know that names been taken but it fits.
I started with Midi in 1983 with a Roland Juno 106.
I had a RS232 to Midi box built and someone wrote a librarian for it with Midi exclusive messages.
Then in 1980's I got a Kurzweil K1000 PX Plus.
Then came General Midi (not a soldier, guys.)
So I got a cheap Yamaha PSR-160 with DIN Midi and built in songs.
All was well until 2010 when I got an Akai Synthstation to use with an iPod as CPU.
Apple changed the 51 pin wiring and it became a USB controller.
In 2015 I got an Akai LPD8 as a USB drum pad.
In 2018 I got back to the General and Roland Go:Keys 61k with built in beat machine !
I wrote Roland in Japan to get a (non-disclosure agreement) Midi implementation chart for same.
In 2018 Christmas I got a smaller Akai MPC mini play with the General on board.
I saw some fancy Akai drum & beat devices and figured I had enough to use Linux to do the same.
I remembered LMMS and was pleased to see it has made the cross platform trip.
In Linux I just do a aconnect 24:0 20:0 to patch the Midi devices Out to In like the old days with wires.
I want to start there with LMMS to make a patch bay without needing JACK in Windows 10 1809.
Microsoft has dropped Midi Mapper but I never liked it anyway.
So your mission should decide to accept is help me to get a keyboard controller (or sequencer) to Output
to a hardware General Midi module (or sound font) with LMMS. I need to "Start Over" as I see a lot to forget and
to learn.
Who's up for a little Rock and Roll mashup ?
Lee T. Davy
Cool Games Network
and
Event Video Multimedia
Retired at 65 in 2017 !