Time for action—setting up MIDI in Linux using ALSA
Linux uses an open source MIDI driver system. Let's look at the process of setting up Linux for MIDI:
- In your Settings menu in LMMS, select the area that looks like the following:
- Once you are in this menu, you should see the ALSA setup and all MIDI devices available to LMMS:
What just happened?
Just choose ALSA and hopefully your devices will be shown in the dropdown menu underneath 'MIDI INTERFACE'. Most soundcards, casual or professional should be detected by the operating system making the setup in ALSA a breeze.
Installing MIDI in Mac OS X
LMMS should automatically see any OS X ready MIDI devices that you have connected to LMMS. The current build of LMMS is CoreMIDI compliant, so you should be able to use a controller immediately. Most modern MIDI devices use CoreMIDI, so set up should be painless and simple.