Separate host for Midi keyboard
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:32 pm
Hi!
I own midi keyboard LauchKey49, initially I used to switching between ALSA and JACK when I want playing, it's not always worked well, so I had to restart computer , then I tried to chain ALSA and JACK in order to play music and to hear music, it wasn't stable too. I don't know why, but the conclusion is whether you are playing with JACK or hearing with ALSA I failed to combine them together.
Recently I started mentioning that I tend not to play knowing that now I need to set all the stuff up, configure JACK and etc, therefore I am thinking to buy raspberry pi exclusively for this need, just in order to have a host ready to play immediately.
Do you have experience in running midi on platforms like raspberry or similar, if it's going to work or not due to some reason.
In general how you deal with the problem when you don't have a separate host for midi keyboard and need to have a lot of headache switching between ALSA JACK when you just want to play for a free 10 min you have.
I appreciate you help.
I own midi keyboard LauchKey49, initially I used to switching between ALSA and JACK when I want playing, it's not always worked well, so I had to restart computer , then I tried to chain ALSA and JACK in order to play music and to hear music, it wasn't stable too. I don't know why, but the conclusion is whether you are playing with JACK or hearing with ALSA I failed to combine them together.
Recently I started mentioning that I tend not to play knowing that now I need to set all the stuff up, configure JACK and etc, therefore I am thinking to buy raspberry pi exclusively for this need, just in order to have a host ready to play immediately.
Do you have experience in running midi on platforms like raspberry or similar, if it's going to work or not due to some reason.
In general how you deal with the problem when you don't have a separate host for midi keyboard and need to have a lot of headache switching between ALSA JACK when you just want to play for a free 10 min you have.
I appreciate you help.