If you have correctly configured JACK for MIDI, then your MIDI ports should appear in qjackctl under Connections > MIDI. When I go back to QJackCtl and click on Connect (this is what was meant by 'Check available MIDI ports Port created: M Audio Audiophile 24/96 (playback): M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MIDI Port created: M Audio Audiophile 24/96 (capture): M Audio Audiophile 24/96 MIDI Port created: Midi Through (playback): Midi Through Port-0 Port created: Midi Through (capture): Midi Through Port-0 I know you put a ton of work into this and jack (I assume your “that Paul”). I want this to work and hope it will then I will join your subcriber. I was not trying to do the Ableton like loop production stuff. Drag the loops into the midi track to build the song until I have what I like, and then hit record to record the audio output to its own audio track. So the goal is to have a midi track routed out to my Alexis SR18 via midi cable. I have midi loop clips to build songs, like verse, bridge, fills etc. I left all that behind and decided I would set up camp on Ubuntu. I was using Pro Tools and had Superior Drummer on Win XP. Next, I don’t want to loop like your thinking. First, I am glad you pointed me back to the manual, I will give that a shot later tonight. Sorry for the compounded request for info. Ableton Live, but there are obstacles in the workflow for such things, and it would not be completely inaccurate to say that they are almost intentional. People do use it to create music in the same general style as much of the stuff made with e.g. It is focused on scenarios that involve recording (and potentially editing) performers on instruments. Traktion and Bitwig target that sort of music production - at this time, Ardour really does not.Ĭontrolling your external drum machine is 1 part setting up your MIDI data flow, described in the Ardour manual under “Setting up your system”, and 1 part turning on sending of “MIDI Clock” messages from Edit > Preferences > MIDI.Īrdour is not currently targetting contemporary loop-based music production.

Ardour is not designed for the third task although it could be done. You’ve actually asked to do 1 trivial thing (add a MIDI track) and 2 more complex things (control external drum machine via MIDI “song start” and “song stop” messages) and loop MIDI phrases from.

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