[pygame] Pygame Read MIDI Input

[leonhardwolf]

MidiInput.py <http://pygame-users.25799.x6.nabble.com/file/t497/MidiInput.py>

Hi,

Some info in advance so you can not say I did not do research:

I have been googling for quite a while now without success. Code that worked
for other people did not let me read any input Midi data. I also wrote a
question on Stackoverflow which has not been answered.
So I hope that maybe you users in this forum specifically for pygame may
have suggestions.

Problem

My goal is to simply read the Midi data from a USB Midi interface. However,
'pygame.midi.Input.poll' always returns 'False'.
I tried two different USB Midi interfaces that do work in my audio software.
Also, I tried every input device ID that was available.

My code is attached as a .py to this email.
I would be super happy for suggestions!
Feel free to ask if you need further clarifications.

Thanks in advance,
Leonhard



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[René Dudfield]

Hello,

- what OS are you using?

- What does this list?

python -m pygame.examples.midi --list

- With the input id from the list, does this work for you?

python -m pygame.examples.midi --input 1

cheers,

[leonhardwolf]

Thanks for your quick answer!

- OS: Windows 10
- 'python -m pygame.examples.midi --list' lists the following:
0: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Microsoft MIDI Mapper':, opened :0:
(output)
1: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'External':, opened :0: (input)
2: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Eleven Rack':, opened :0: (input)
3: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Maschine Mikro MK2 In':, opened :0:
(input)
4: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'TASCAM US-122 MKII MIDI':, opened :0:
(input)
5: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth':, opened
:0: (output)
6: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'External':, opened :0: (output)
7: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Eleven Rack':, opened :0: (output)
8: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'Maschine Mikro MK2 Out':, opened :0:
(output)
9: interface :b'MMSystem':, name :b'TASCAM US-122 MKII MIDI':, opened :0:
(output)

- 'python -m pygame.examples.midi --input 4'
It actually works for both USB Midi interfaces now!

Can you tell me where these example files are located so I can check what I
did wrong?

[René Dudfield]

Good!

import pygame.examples.midi

print(pygame.examples.midi.__file__)

[leonhardwolf]

Thanks a lot! To understand fully what is happening I will have to learn
about pygame events. But I have the Midi data available now and can just use
it for further processing.

Again, thanks for the quick and to the point help.