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Solved: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) #104439 03/07/16 10:23 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	Built with fresh msys2, fresh source download, windows xp sp3 (yeah) Code: C:\mess>mess -listmidi MIDI input ports: loopMIDI Port (default) ... Code: C:\mess>mess -midiin "loopMIDI Port" Error: unknown option: -midiin Last edited by Squash; 03/08/16 01:17 AM.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104440 03/07/16 10:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 731 USA Tafoid Senior Member
Tafoid Senior Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 731 USA	Have you read this thread? MAME Midi I'm fairly sure you need to install a card listed in -listslots in order to use the -midiin stuff.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Tafoid #104442 03/07/16 11:17 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	Thanks, but do I really need that for running a stand alone synthesizer? No separate "card" like MPU401 is not present in the Ensoniq SD-1, the MIDI input is part of the hardware. Last edited by Squash; 03/07/16 11:21 PM.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104443 03/07/16 11:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	Anyway, -listslot says Code: sd1 mdin midiin MIDI In port mdout midiout MIDI Out port Last edited by Squash; 03/07/16 11:34 PM.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104446 03/07/16 11:29 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	This is the first time I'm attempting to run mess by the way. I'm a programmer and not new to emulators however, and I wanted to work on the SD-1 emulation and others. I've compiled mess and mame from source and verified that my build runs a couple of known systems. So do you guys know why, if I do: Code: mess -midiin I get: Code: Error: unknown option: -midiin but if i type Code: mess -bloom_scale (note missing parameter) I get Code: Error: option -bloom_scale expected a parameter This indicates to me that there is something wrong, perhaps the -midiin option has disappeared by mistake. Last edited by Squash; 03/07/16 11:33 PM.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104447 03/07/16 11:36 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	How can I check, with debugger perhaps, if mess is receiving MIDI input at all?

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104449 03/08/16 01:17 AM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19 S Squash OP Member
OP Squash Member S Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 19	Code: mess sd1 -midiin "loopMIDI Port" and it works. I don't know if I'm an idiot or if this changed recently, but any way, it works now. Last edited by Squash; 03/08/16 01:18 AM.

Re: Can't get MIDI In to work (0.170) Squash #104450 03/08/16 02:18 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 16,911 Likes: 56 USA R R. Belmont Very Senior Member
R. Belmont Very Senior Member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 16,911 Likes: 56 USA	-midiin is only valid if you specify a driver that has a MIDI port, that's why "mess -midiin" doesn't work and "mess sd1 -midiin" does.

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