#!/bin/bash # What this script does: # * launches a2jmidid to export all available alsa sequencer ports # * launches jalv with the amsynth LV2 plugin # * waits for the jalv JACK ports to become available # * launches multimidicast to start receiving MIDI messages over multicast UDP. # On the other end you can then control amsynth with an app like TouchDAW. # TouchDAW needs to be set up to send via multicast UDP. # * waits for multicast JACK ports (exported via a2jmidid) to become available # * makes the necessary connections a2jmidid -eu & jalv http://code.google.com/p/amsynth/amsynth & until jack_lsp | grep amsynth &> /dev/null do sleep 1 done multimidicast -q & until jack_lsp | grep multimidicast &> /dev/null do sleep 1 done jack_connect amsynth:out_l system:playback_1 jack_connect amsynth:out_r system:playback_2 jack_connect "a2j:multimidicast (capture): Port 03" amsynth:midi exit