Hey everyone, sorry to bother you with such a newbish question, but I'm looking for an easier way to make sequences in PD.

I'm a windows user, and I just downloaded and installed seq24. It seems pretty easy to set up sequences for different instruments using seq24, but how do I get it to send the data to PD? I tried just setting the MIDI data to be sent to channel 1 using the Microsoft MIDI Mapper, and then in PD I set the driver to ASIO so it would use the Microsoft Sound Mapper... I guess this doesn't have anything to do with MIDI though.

I tried just making a [notein 1] object and attaching some number boxes to it, and then I started to play a sequence in seq24. I guess it's not that simple.

Anyway, I probably look like an idiot for not knowing how to set this up, but can someone point me in the right direction anyway?

you need a midi loopback program to send midi data from seq24 to pd. Try this out http://nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

Thank you, it seems to be working. However, I did notice the message,
"Warning: midi input is dangerous in Microsoft Windows\; see Pd manual)"
Is this something I should be concerned about?

Just ignore that message. I've been using midi to hook up a controller to pd and never had any problems at all (so far).

how do i do this in linux?

basically, what i want to do is control a bang to play a sound file using midi sent in from seq24... but i can never see seq24 as an option in my midi settings in pd, nor pure data in my seq24 midi settings. even when i use jack as the out from seq24.

also, which midi object should i use? i really have no idea where to start, and i dont understand the floss or loadbang manuals when it comes to how to use midi...

thanks

hi

Start pd with something like <pd -alsamidi -mididev 1>, then the midiport from pd should show up in seq24.