[fluid-dev] ALSA Raw connection (Re: Reading input from a MIDI device)

[Vesa Paatero]

Hi!  Getting back to the discussion:
> > > Here is a command line whereby the system works with "noteon":
> > >
> > > fluidsynth -v -a alsa -o synth.gain=3.0 -o synth.verbose=yes
> > > /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2
> > The easiest way is to use the alsa rawmidi driver. Find the card name by
> > looking at the /proc/asound/cards file - find the row corresponding to
> > the right sound card, and the label within brackets.
> > In my case it's "Piano", so then the options I need to add are:
> >
> > " -m alsa_raw -o midi.alsa.device=hw:Piano"
> >
> > (of course in your case replace "Piano" with your card name)
> Thanks for these hints, David. Raw MIDI without any mixer activity by 
> CPU sounds like a good choice to minimize latency.

I tried the ALSA raw option but it seems that "aconnect" can only be 
used to connect the MIDI input device to FluidSynth when "-m alsa_seq" 
is given to FluidSynth because only then a suitable connection entry 
shown by "aconnect -lio" is created.

So, when using alsa_raw, what is the recommended way to connect a MIDI 
input device?

Thanks,
Vesa