MIDI support status

I’d like to use my Roland MT 120s (maybe D-110 too) with !DigitalCD for MIDI files hardware-based playback but obviously there’s no MIDI sockets on Raspberry Pi. Is there any support for MIDI interfaces connected via USB (unfortunately I don’t have any right now but sooner or later I’ll have to buy at least one)?

Sysex are not yet supported, but yes, there is a Midi module for USB interfaces. Rick Murray made it. It works very well, even with crappy interfaces.

Thanks, David.

Module here: http://www.heyrick.co.uk/random/usbmidi_003_alpha8.zip
Sort-of user guide here: http://www.heyrick.co.uk/random/usb-midi-0-01-user-guide-preliminary.pdf

If you have one of those cheap $5 interfaces, and you find it losing data, try:

SYS "MIDI_Options", -1, 1

If you have one of those cheap $5 interfaces

Right now I don’t have any but I’m willing to buy one or two of them (single-socket for playback on RISC OS and multi socket for rest of my gear and another computer). Could you please recommend me single-socket interface for RISC OS? TIA

Thanks, David.

You’re welcome :)

Could you please recommend me single-socket interface for RISC OS?

http://www.m-audio.com/products/view/uno

Almost cheap, absolutely perfect.

Almost cheap, absolutely perfect.

Unfortunately, local availability of this product is poor :-( are ESI brand products as good as this (those are widely available in here)?

It’s very easy to find one on eBay (from another country, but with acceptable postal fees). Else, almost every 5$ device will work, but you’ll need to use the ‘crappy interface’ option (not a big deal).