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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Samual Acorn wrote:

> On 27/06/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > > Could one write a simple script to send input from the external midi
> > > device to a file, then stop sending when you hit Ctrl-C?
> >
> >
> > I found something for /dev/audio and .au:
> >
> > dd bs=8k count=4 < /dev/audio > sample.au               record
> >
> > cat sample.au > /dev/audio                              playback
> >
> > I think this records 32K of sound from /dev/audio - would that be
> > line out from the sound card?
>
> depends on what you told /dev/audio to do.... but at its default it
> will record from line in at 8khz 8bit.... if dding from /dev/audio
> even works.... (you would have to tell it to record in the first
> place)

How does one tell a device to record other than as above?

> > What do I call my external midi device, /dev/midi00 ?
>
> /dev/sequencer ... like all the rest of the devices... messages are
> sent to the kernel to tell it which device to use -then- the data is
> sent/recieved...

Could I     cat midifile.mid > /dev/sequencer
and know that the external device was the sequencer?  (If I don't insmod 
opl3 and awe_wave would sb have to be it?).

> even if you could capture the data being sent by the keyboard to a
> file it wouldnt be in any usable format...

Even with the correct drivers loaded?  How do the midi programs send and 
receive midi data?

> my suggestion; get a shelf with enough room for a 14inch monitor and a
> mouse, put it near the keyboard, and stick with rosegarden....

There is no room, the piano is against a wall with just enough space on 
top for the 9" monitor which is unusual in doing 800x600.  I have an extra 
trackball, I just hate mice.  We have laptops that also do 800x600 but not 
with sb, some mixture of two systems for play and record.

I object to having to aim the mouse several times whenever I want to give 
one simple command.  Typing is much faster and easier.

> > Sindi