Ubuntu
vkeybd package

vkeybd n00b config with timidity

Bug #101949 reported by jhansonxi
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vkeybd (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: vkeybd

Wishlist item: Add a script and .desktop file to launch vkeybd with timidity. Probably needs to be a metapackage. Simple MIDI setup is too difficult for the basic user. JoeyJWC has an example script at: http://joeyjwc.x3fusion.com/blog/?p=37 Latency isn't going to meet the needs of any serious player but this provides a basic playable keyboard good enough for kids.

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jhansonxi (jhansonxi) wrote :

Here is a Debian thread which mentions something similar:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-multimedia/2006/02/msg00037.html

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Noam Yorav-Raphael (noamraph) wrote :

Well, actually it's pretty easy. Just add a dependency on timidity. Timidity currently automatically installs a root process which listens for MIDI events.

What would be really cool if it could be arranged that the default port for vkeybd would be 128:0. It took me a long time to discover that I had to run "vkeybd --addr 128:0" in order for it to work, since I really don't understand those ALSA midi ports. But if the default would be 128:0, then even complete MIDI ignorants like me would be able to do "sudo apt-get vkeybd; vkeybd" and start playing.

Thanks,
Noam

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in vkeybd:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in vkeybd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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