09-17-2021, 11:04 AM | #1 |
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SOLVED: Bluetooth MIDI works on standalone, not in Reaper?
So I have my stand-alone LV's (well at least Pianoteq )running with Bluetooth MIDI, as in they recognise it as a MIDI source and I can play the instruments.
However when I load those same ones into Reaper the BT MIDI is not available. Glenn provided this : sudo modprobe snd_virmidi which then adds 3 virtual midi ports each with 16 channels, but after enabling each one at a time, still no BTMIDI device shows up. I have confirmed it IS working via the standalone versions, but cannot in Reaper as it does not see the BTMIDI device as a MIDI input. Any other ideas on this one please? Last edited by pax-eterna; 09-18-2021 at 03:14 PM. |
09-18-2021, 02:14 PM | #2 |
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AFAIU, this is a contradiction
Where from did you get this name ? I once did a Python program that (using PyGame) lists Midi devices in the OS. I don't know if same (i.e. PyGame) works in Linux. -Michael Last edited by mschnell; 09-19-2021 at 12:57 AM. |
09-18-2021, 02:32 PM | #3 |
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Start qjackctl, if the BT ports show up there leave it running, start REAPER and switch the audio system to JACK.
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09-18-2021, 03:13 PM | #4 |
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Well, as an update here...seems the virtual midi in Reaper needs to be connected to the WIDI-Master BLE device, and I have found a way to do this via qjackctl.
So I can now use bluetooth midi in Reaper, albeit it MUST be via qjack...simply run qjack select the graph and drag a line between widi-master and virtual midi, which is called Virtual Raw MIDI btw in qjack. Also it seems, so far, that even when I shut down qjack after that, the links remain until I shut down Reaper...not fully tested this however with opening additional VST instrument tracks, AFTER qjack is closed. I can still run ALSA in Reaper for the audio. |
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BTMidi = bluetooth midi, Im using it as shorthand, but it does appear as bt-midi in one of the bluez packages iirc |
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09-18-2021, 03:19 PM | #7 |
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Cool. Glad you found a way to make it work.
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09-18-2021, 03:51 PM | #8 |
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Yep, finally the journey is complete
Thanks for the little snippets of suggestions you posted Glenn, each one led me to new research and in the end a solution! Just completed an Image ( I use Macrium btw, works really well for EXT4 drives too) So now onward and upward, complete conversions of Sonar projects and then start on some new stuff! |
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