MIDI input works on Windows, version 2.2.0, "out of the box" Including chord entry (which is my main concern at the moment) -- pressing Alt and the MIDI keyboard key adds a chord note at the cursor.
(The windows version has its unrelated quirks -- for example: won't let me close the Print View (!?!) - can't x out of it, nor find where to disable it in preferences. Another: I check-mark "Display Controls for Playback" in preferences, and nothing happens, the controls don't appear) > On 10/10/2025 9:03 PM EDT Bric <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A follow-up to my previous message (sorry about the segmentation) > > I recompiled the same snapshot withOUT jack. > > Does not appear to fix the MIDI input. > > The error message still occurs upon [Input] -> [Midi input] > > ("No MIDI in device was found...") > > Prior to that selection AND after it, nothing happens when I press the MIDI > keyboard (while cursored into a staff to edit notes) > > Is it worth compiling the newest snapshot? I will seek to try it on MS > windows as well, will report result. > > > On 10/10/2025 7:55 PM EDT Bric <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/10/2025 9:35 AM EDT Richard Shann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2025-10-09 at 20:57 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > > Running denemo 2.6.39 on Ubuntu > > > > > > Ubuntu have distributed broken versions of Denemo in the past. > > > > > > > I compiled it from a git pull. > > > > With jack enabled ( " ./configure --enable-jack " ) > > > > Could that be the culprit? I don't have jack running when using this > > denemo setup. > > > > I don't see anything in the explicit user setting controls that mentions > > jack (if jack controls exists I am missing them) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have my midi input plugged in. It is showing up in > > > > > > > > Edit -> Change Preferences -> Midi [tab] -> Input device > > > > > > > > (selected my input device) > > > > > > > > Denemo lists it by name. > > > > > > > > However, when I switch to (from the top menu): > > > > > > > > Input -> Midi Input > > > > > > (it should be already selected if there was a MIDI device connected at > > > startup) > > > > > > > No. It some more generalized default device was selected. > > > > However, when I selected my keyboard, that preference started persisting > > across close/open . It was added to the denemorc file > > > > > > > > > > No MIDI in device was found on startup- re-start Denemo with the > > > > device plugged in, select the device in the MIDI tab of the > > > > preferences dialog and re-start Denemo again. > > > > > > > > I do all the above, multiple times. Doesn't help. > > > > > > > > Stuck in the same loop. > > > > > > > > (again: my MIDI device is listed among the input device options, in > > > > preferences. > > > > > > > if you look in the file denemorc in the directory ~/.denemo-2.6.39 do > > > you see a line like: > > > > > > <portmidi_input_device>ALSA: USB Keystation 49e MIDI > > > 1</portmidi_input_device> > > > > > > Yes... I see my recently selected input device in that xml node. > > > > > > > > This should contain your device name. > > > What happens when you press notes on the MIDI keyboard? > > > > > > Richard
