Greetings,
Running BWS 1.0.7 here with Fedora 19 on an old AMD Turion X2 laptop.
Finally discovered a solution to running external softsynths. A little convoluted but it works.
I connected a MidiSport 2x2 to the laptop and created a controller script for it. I physically connect the unit's Out A to its In B port. I summon a Hardware Instrument router in BW and set its output to the MidiSport's In A port. I connect the Out B port to my softsynth in QJackCtl's ALSA tab, and I'm ready to roll. I can now create MIDI sequences in BW and play them on external hard/soft synths (I also tested the connection by running the MidiSport's Out to a desktop machine with a hardware MIDI interface and an instance of the Yoshimi synth. Worked fine.
Alas, I've been unable to find a software-only solution for external connections. I tried a script for the ALSA virtual MIDI device but got no joy. I'll happily try other suggested solutions, but for now this one works here.
Best,
dp
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1297 posts since 23 Jun, 2007 from Findlay OH USA
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1297 posts since 23 Jun, 2007 from Findlay OH USA
@ dkasak: Definitely a hackish workaround. 
And I agree, more explicit JACK support would render it unnecessary.
Best,
dp
And I agree, more explicit JACK support would render it unnecessary.Best,
dp
