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How do I make MIDI input work?
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I want to receive MIDI-data from my keyboard,... How do I do that?
Check to see that your MIDI devices or programs are actually sending data, and that your Operating System is correctly sending this data to Pd.
- On OS X, check to see that you have selected the proper MIDI devices, and that the "Audio MIDI Setup.app" was running before you started Pd.
- On Linux using the default MIDI drivers, check to see that you selected the proper MIDI device at startup.
- On Linux with the ALSA-MIDI drivers, make sure you have properly connected your MIDI devices or MIDI programs to PD.
Using Jack with the
QJackctlapplication is recommended for this purpose. - On Windows, consider using an application like MIDI Ox/MIDI Yoke Junction to see, analyze and manage your MIDI connections.
this FAQ was originally published under the GPL at Pd's FLOSSmanual
