LinuxMusicians

aseqdump -p 20 gave me the same results, still nothing when I press keys.

I'm going to try a new cable. Thanks for your responses, they've been very helpful.

"lsusb" gives me this, Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0ac8:c33f Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Webcam Bus 005 Device 012: ID 1235:0004 Novation EMS Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d...

So, further to this, I think it is potentially my Midi to USB cable that could be the issue. Has anybody had issues with these cables before? THe one I have is Mistar Midilink, and is recognied by jack as TaHorng Istrument

Ah, interesting! I have connected up the keyboard to qmidiroute, and it logs when I connect it via Jack, but no logs when the keys are pressed. I assume then that the issue is somewhere in the keyboard settings.

Yes, in the Qjackctl connections box, I have my midi keyboard connected to Qsynth in the Alsa tab, and Qsynth connected to System in the audio tab. It seems that Qjackctl knows there is a midi keyboard connected, but Qsynth doesn't know when I'm pressing stuff on it. I have downloaded ZynAddSubFX wh...

Hi all, I'm trying to set up my midi keyboard to play through Qsynth, using Qjackctl. I'm running Mint Olivia - I'm no mastermind with Linux though so I'm learning a lot! Qjackctl recognizes that I have plugged my midi keyboard (Fatar Studio 1176) into the laptop (via midi in/out to usb cable), but ...