The only version of lorenzFM.csd that I can find calls for portmidi, not lsa midi. Look at the -+rtmidi= option in that file. Perhaps you need to set alsamidi? Quoting "Yogi A. Patel" : > Hi - > > I'm running examples I found online under the real-time linux > documentation. I am executing "csound lorenzFM.csd" and running into > an error I can't find a solution for online. > > root@beaglebone:~/audio-prc/src/pi_bone# csound lorenzFM.csd > 0dBFS level = 32768.0 > Csound version 6.03.2 (double samples) Jul 10 2014 > libsndfile-1.0.25 > UnifiedCSD: lorenzFM.csd > STARTING FILE > Creating options > Creating orchestra > Creating score > Elapsed time at end of orchestra compile: real: 0.079s, CPU: 0.060s > sorting score ... > ... done > Elapsed time at end of score sort: real: 0.087s, CPU: 0.080s > --Csound version 6.03.2 (double samples) Jul 10 2014 > midi channel 1 using instr 1 > midi channel 2 using instr 1 > midi channel 3 using instr 1 > midi channel 4 using instr 1 > midi channel 5 using instr 1 > midi channel 6 using instr 1 > midi channel 7 using instr 1 > midi channel 8 using instr 1 > midi channel 9 using instr 1 > midi channel 10 using instr 1 > midi channel 11 using instr 1 > midi channel 12 using instr 1 > midi channel 13 using instr 1 > midi channel 14 using instr 1 > midi channel 15 using instr 1 > midi channel 16 using instr 1 > graphics suppressed, ascii substituted > 0dBFS level = 1.0 > ftable 8: > calling draw callback > ftable 8: 512 points, scalemax 1.000 > .-'''''-._ > -' '. > - '. > .' - > - . > ' - > . ' > > _ > . > '_________________________________._____________________________________ - ' > ' _ '. . - - - '_ ' . - ' .' -_ .' '-._____.-' error: > -+rtmidi='alsa': unknown module *** error opening MIDI in device: -1 > (Unknown MIDI error) inactive allocs returned to freespace end of > score. overall amps: 0.00000 overall samples out of range: 0 1 > errors in performance Elapsed time at end of performance: real: > 0.129s, CPU: 0.090s > I thought the error was due to the alsa module not being installed - > so I installed alsa-dev and libportaudio-dev but no luck. > > I ran amidi -l and got the following: > > root@beaglebone:~/audio-prc/src/pi_bone# amidi -l > Dir Device Name > > But don't know how to solve that. Looked around, but no luck. All I > found was some documentation saying I need to create a midi device, > however I'm not sure how to do that. > Yogi > Send bugs reports to > https://github.com/csound/csound/issues > Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here > To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body > "unsubscribe csound"