On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 02:26:59PM -0400, Ken M wrote:
> So I am sure I am missing something stupid. Just the first time I have tried a
> midi controller with openbsd.
>
> So the device shows in the dmesg
> a hexdump shows I am receiving sounds
> but in lmms even with a device set to receive midi, nothing happens.
>
> And yes sound is coming from lmms.
>
> I am guessing there is something obvious I am missing. lmms is set to
> sndio-midi
> in the preferences.
>
IIRC, the lmms sndio-midi backend lacks the "device chooser dialog",
so it uses "default" as midi device, which translates
"midithru/0". Your controller is probably "rmidi/0", so lmms doesn't
use it.
You could workaround this by redefining the "default" midi port,
starting lmms as follows:
MIDIDEVICE=rmidi/0 lmms
assuming "rmidi/0" is your midi controller. Patching the sndio-midi
code to implement the "device chooser" seems to be the nicer option.
