I’ve been testing as many MIDI and audio interface devices as I can with the Raspberry Pi export target, since wireless MIDI is becoming a little more common so thought I’d share this in case anyone might be interested.
I picked up a Korg NanoKontrol studio 1 to try out with RNBO on the Raspberry Pi as it has wireless MIDI. Here's some steps to get MIDI going:
- ssh into your Pi using Terminal or PuTTY
$ ssh [email protected]
2. use bluetoothctl
to discover your BT MIDI device
pi@c74rpi:~ $ bluetoothctl
3. Turn on your BT MIDI device and enable discovery mode
*for the Korg, this is just pushing the switch all the way right
4. Turn on the bluetooth agent, if not already enabled
[bluetooth]# agent on
5. Scan for devices
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller DC:A6:26:4B:D3:52 Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 48:EB:62:DA:CD:C4 nanoKEY Studio
6. Take note of the MAC address of your device, then just use the pair
command to pair with it:
[bluetooth]# pair 48:EB:62:DA:CD:C4
Request authorization
[agent] Accept pairing (yes/no):
7. type yes
- then use the trust
command to automatically pair the device whenever they’re in range together
[nanoKEY Studio]# trust 48:EB:62:DA:CD:C4
Keep the cables in Max - and not all over the desk
Happy patching!