🧵 So: How to transport #MIDI over #network the easy way?

The easy way is supposed to be #RtpMidi, which is built into #macOS / #OSX.

On #Linux, there is #rtpmidid, which I didn't try as it says it is alpha software. rtpMidi by MacLarenLabs does it for 12$: https://mclarenlabs.com

It does communicate successfully with #macOS.

For #Windows, there is another software also called rtpMIDI by Tobias Erichsen which I didn't try… https://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/rtpmidi.html

It turns out however that OS X #Monterey cannot route MIDI from a USB MIDI Interface into RtpMidi. It is supposed to, but it just doesn't work, and it doesn't say anything about it.

The workaround with OS X on the sender side is to run #Ardour as a MIDI router on it using a #MidiBus.

And for those wondering what I actually have to do in the project?:

I will have a plant that is hooked up to a device creating sounds plus MIDI events and I need to create DMX lighting events from these. So the plant will make sound and light.