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Dave Phillips wrote:

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> Clemens Ladisch wrote:

>

>> The virtual MIDI ports convert between old programs using /dev/midi*

>> and new programs using ALSA sequencer ports.  They do not connect

>> ALSA sequencer programs together; use the through ports for this.

>>

>>

> I'm not sure I understand that. I've been connecting ALSA sequencer

> clients with the virmidi ports for years. I can send a screenshot of my

> MIDI connections in QJackCtl, with virmidi ports connected to QSynth,

> Jack Rack, the Emu10k1 synth, etc. But I may misunderstand what you're

> telling me.

>

>> I think you can achieve what you want by connecting a virmidi port and a

>> through port together.

>>

>>

> Been there, tried that, got no joy. :(

>

> Btw, my results with this problem have been verified by another user of

> Demudi and the 2.6.14 kernel. Should I be looking at anything else in

> the system that might cause the trouble ? I'm terribly ignorant about

> the 2.6 kernels...

>

> Well, I can use the MIDI Thru for new work in Demudi.

>

> Best,

>

> dp

>

>

> 

Possibly grasping at straws.
I've just noticed under /proc/asound/VirMIDI is oss_mixer which when cat

   gives zero levels.
Should there also be some sort of alsa mixer there? Or should the alsa

oss compatibility take care of that?
robin