[ardour-users] Ardour 2.0 and BCF2000

[Paul Davis]

On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:34 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> On 17 May 2007 at 15:42, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> > You need to connect one of these two:
> > 
> > >     BCF2000:BCF2000 MIDI 1
> > >     BCF2000:BCF2000 MIDI 2
> > 
> > to this:
> > 
> > >     ardour::mcu
> 
> I tried maybe just about every combination of those connections
> using my freshly rebuilt qjackctl.  But, none of them resulted in
> my being able to slide a slider and watch ardour's mixer window
> respond, nor the other way around.  Could anyone out there give
> me just a little bit more help with this please?

the first thing to check is that MIDI messages are getting through.

Windows->Options Editor->MIDI->trace input (for the mcu port)

then move the faders, and check in the terminal window where you started
ardour.

second, you need to enable either Generic MIDI control or Mackie Control
protocols under Options->Surfaces. Assuming that you use Generic MIDI
for the moment, you can then ctrl-middle click on a fader, wiggle the
physical fader, and the binding should be established.

there is an argument that Generic MIDI should be on by default. 

--p