This library allows an Arduino board with USB capabilites to act as a MIDI instrument over USB. The library is based on PluggableUSB, so is only compatible with IDE 1.6.6 and nightly builds (AVR core > 1.6.8, SAM core > 1.6.4, SAMD core > 1.6.1)
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Load the correct driver (sudo modprobe snd_seq_midi)
Flash the board with MIDIUSB_loop example, then execute aseqdump -l; the output will be something similar to
Port Client name Port name
0:0 System Timer
0:1 System Announce
14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0
20:0 Arduino Micro Arduino Micro MIDI 1Port 20 is the one we’ll use in the following examples.
Start fluidsynth inside a shell with a soundbank
fluidsynth --server --audio-driver=alsa -o audio.alsa.device=hw:0 ~/Synth.SF2In another shell, execute
aconnect 20 128to connect our MIDI device with fluidsynth
Then, execute
aplaymidi --port=20:0 ~/some_midi_file.midand the file will be played after a complete roundtrip to the board.
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