[ardour-users] How to identify an midi dev

[Florian Schmidt]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:31:58 +0200
Florian Schmidt <mista.tapas at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 16:48:48 +1000
> Geoff Beasley <songshop at bizmedia.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > OK, dickhead here.... I don't know how to find out what "/dev/snd/
> > midi device C1D0 " is the actual hardware I have installed  Is there
> > a way to check this please ? I think my 1712 chip and my USB ports
> > are mixed up. Perhaps that's why my MTC tests are proving fruitless.
> 
> Have a look at the /proc/asound intereface.. especially
> 
> /proc/asound/cards
> 
> /proc/asound/devices

btw: the C0D1 means afaik "Card 0 Device 1".. But:

no app should actually use that device file directly. they should go
through alsa-lib. Have a look at the output of

aconnect -io

and 

amidi -l [i think]

flo