Linux Active MIDI Inputs show writable rather than readable devices

warrenfalk commented 6 years ago

In linux, the Active MIDI Inputs box in the settings lists the available devices, but the devices that show are the devices that are writable devices. So if you have a device which has separate input/output ports, Helm will show you only the writable ports which are useless.

You can confirm this by installing mididings on linux, opening up a python 2.7 prompt and typing the following:

>>> from mididings import *
>>> run(Transpose(3))

Then go to Helm and notice that there is probably an "in_1" port showing... but you want the "out_1" port which it doesn't show.

mtytel commented 6 years ago

Filed this in upstream JUCE: https://github.com/WeAreROLI/JUCE/pull/341

jjalocha commented 5 years ago

Hello, I'm sorry to comment on an issue that has been closed, but for me (Linux, ALSA, Helm v 0.9.0), this is still happening. I see writable ports instead of readable ones, which prevents me from setting up meaningful connections. Am I doing something wrong?

mtytel / helm

Linux Active MIDI Inputs show writable rather than readable devices #176