Nice to find a community that cares and helps because sometimes linux can be a little frustrating to operate.
Yes, I've read about the correct sequence of connecting the midi gear and done it.Yes this looks dismo -You obviously has done all the correct things -i assume that you also have connected and turned on power in the correct sequence(?)
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=Using_MIDI
It looks bad. It may be that LMMS cant use your KB
Tried both and can say that jack is a pain in the arse. Most of the times my LMMS crashes because of jack.Do you use jack or alsa as audio backend?
And also I actually never tried to configure it..
But yesterday after hours of searching and configuring I resolved the problem!
So, I deleted my LMMS, downloaded a fresh .AppImage, turned jack off, connected my Alesis mini and opened LMMS. I've put the audio interface to ALSA and MIDI to ALSA-sequencer. It miraculously worked.
And it works, but only on those settings and sometimes when I open my Vst plug-ins or ZynAdd synth and set the MIDI to my Alesis, the audio interface goes bonkers. It starts to give distorted sound to my audio out.. didn't figure that one yet.
Thanks guys for the replies!