Alsa MIDI to Jack MIDI

[natohutch]

Hi everyone,
So I've just tried using native reaper on linux mint and have run into a problem.
My keyboard is coming up under alsa in jack however reaper's midi input comes up under midi.
I've tried numerous ways of fixing this but nothing has worked (I'm pretty new to this whole thing).
Anyone have any ideas.
Cheers

[Pablo]

You need the alsa midi to jack midi daemon, with hardware export.

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sudo apt install a2jmidid

Then, in a terminal, or better, as a "script after startup" in qjackctl's options:

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a2jmidid -e &

Then you will see your keyboard under "a2j" in the jack MIDI tab so you will be able to connect it to Reaper midi input.

EDIT: Sorry, I put a dollar sign instead of an ampersand. Corrected now. The ampersand is needed if you put the command in qjackctl's options. (In a terminal it is not needed but it doesn't hurt).

[natohutch]

Thanks mate.
I'll give this a try now.

[merc1231]

@Pablo,
You are a legend. I created an account just so I could say thanks!
I spent all morning trying to figure out how to get my midi device to work on Reaper, and a2jmidid -e & did the trick!
Keep on.

[noedig]

Additionally, the -u option for a2jmidid is quite useful. It removes the extra numbers that ALSA adds to the MIDI device names. The numbers may change after a reboot, potentially causing hosts to not recognize the new device names.

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a2jmidid -ue

[bluebell]

Hi everyone,
So I've just tried using native reaper on linux mint and have run into a problem.
My keyboard is coming up under alsa in jack however reaper's midi input comes up under midi.
I've tried numerous ways of fixing this but nothing has worked (I'm pretty new to this whole thing).
Anyone have any ideas.
Cheers

You can start jackd with "--midi seq" or "--midi raw" as an alternative to use a2jmidid.