Re: [sc-users] MIDIClient automatic update?

[nescivi <nescivi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 16 March 2009 06:21:38 thelych@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 16 mars 09 à 10:47, Federico Reuben a écrit :
> > Thank you for your response. The routine idea sounds good but the
> > MIDI System-Announce sounds even better. Unfortunately, I'm on a
> > Mac. Do you know if there is some sort of MIDI system detection for
> > OS?

No, I don't (I'm on Linux...)

This should do it though:
Task( { 
	var myport;
	while( { myport.isNil } {
		MIDIClient.list;
		myport = MIDIIn.findPort( "my device", "my port");
		if ( myport.notNil, { MIDIIn.connect( myport ) });
		1.0.wait;
	});
})

>
> personally i think it should be convenient to have those kind of
> notification on OS X, when a midi device is plugged / unplugged...

I remember there is a simple program on OSX which gives an alert when any USB 
device gets attached. That could be modified to send an OSC message when this 
happens... aah.. I just looked for it, but it doesn't seem to be open 
source.. (freeware of a company that's no longer in business)...
so never mind...

Someone on OSX should see if this feature is possible (CoreMIDI probably 
provides a way to catch such a signal).

> but i do not know if it is worth from the Linux side since their MIDI
> system seems to have more modularity...

ALSA gives us the notification already, whenever something opens an ALSA port, 
like a device driver does when it starts up when a device gets attached.

sincerely,
Marije

> i remember there was a similar discussion about that some times ago?
>
> best,
> charles

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