Re: [Csnd-dev] possible issue with ALSA midi?

It could well be. Can you run -odac to it, does it make any sound?


Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Maynooth University
Ireland

> On 11 Nov 2024, at 19:48, Dave Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I recently acquired a Pi 5, which I've equipped with a Pisound board (like my older Pis). I can build Cs7 without any issues, but I notice that when I query MIDI devices using ALSA as the interface, I get an error:
> 
> dave@phonon:~/src/csound/build $ csound -+rtmidi=alsa --midi-devices
> rtalsa: Wrong callback.0 MIDI input devices
> rtalsa: Wrong callback.rtalsa: Wrong callback.0 MIDI output devices
> rtalsa: Wrong callback.            overall amps:      0.0
>            overall samples out of range:        0
> 0 errors in performance
> Elapsed time at end of performance: real: 0.001s, CPU: 0.001s
> 
> If I specify portmidi, no errors:
> 
> dave@phonon:~/src/csound/build $ csound -+rtmidi=portmidi --midi-devices
> rtmidi: PortMIDI module enabled
> 3 MIDI input devices
>  0: 0 (Midi Through Port-0)
>  1: 1 (pisound MIDI PS-28625BA)
>  2: 2 (pisound-ctl)
> 3 MIDI output devices
>  0: 0 (Midi Through Port-0)
>  1: 1 (pisound MIDI PS-28625BA)
>  2: 2 (pisound-ctl)
>                    overall amps:      0.0
>            overall samples out of range:        0
> 0 errors in performance
> Elapsed time at end of performance: real: 0.003s, CPU: 0.003s
> 
> Same results on my Pi 4 running Cs7. I don't have a Pi running Cs6 for comparison. The Pi 4 is running bullseye; the Pi 5 is running bookworm.
> 
> FWIW, I don't really care which interface I use, and I'm fine with using portmidi, but I thought this might indicate an issue.
> 
> - Dave