rtpmidid VS sonobus

rtpmidid[1]. After getting some hardware synthesizers and wanting to connect them without using a computer.. but being able to use them too using the computer I stumbled upon with rtpmidi the protocol and it ticked all the boxes I needed. I could connect all my gear to a raspberry pi, use ALSA sequencer to connect devices to each other with another of my programs AseqRC[2], and then use my synths from my DAW without touching any cable.

So after a fast prototype I created rtpmidid and I'm quite happy on how it works.

And it also helps with the USB ground loop noise that it seems unavoidable some times.

For some time I had even two Orange Pis connected to two sections of my gear, using USB gadget support so my MPC One could speak rtpmidi. MPC One has support to connect as host to MIDI devices, but as guest (connect to the computer) only in controlled mode which is not what I needed to convert my MIDI tracks to my DAW.

[1] https://github.com/davidmoreno/rtpmidid

My hope is that they finish the MIDI 2.0 rtpmidi protocol, and that starts to be truly used in real hardware, not half used as current rtpmidi.

This would allow easy connectivity with very low latency over normal LAN, including switches, power over Ethernet...

Disclaimer: I created a rtpmidi implementation for linux https://github.com/davidmoreno/rtpmidid

I've been using rtp-midi, using rtpmidid and it's working fine.

I'm trying to figure out how to use rtpmidid by David Moreno with my iConnectivity Mio XL. Just running rtpmidid makes all ports show up in Carla and in Reaper, but no MIDI seems to be sent. In Bitwig i can't even see the ports. Maybe because it uses jackmidi and rtpmidid uses alsamidi?

Sounds like you could use https://sonobus.net/ and possibly https://vdo.ninja/ but you might have that already covered with jitsi.

Our collaboration software might look something like Sonobus and vdo.ninja for live jamming (if we're close enough), Discord or Whatsapp for chatting, maybe Area for reviewing mix-downs, and Bandlab for stem-sharing (Reaper too, if you've got it). I'm open to all suggestions. I'm also interested in learning how to use something like Sonic Sound Picture to do visualisations, or maybe creating AI generated animations, if deciding to upload anything to YT.

If you're in a 2000km of each other and have good wired connections, Sonobus is absolutely amazing, especially in conjunction with video.ninja.

There's a plugin out there for this. https://sonobus.net

Most of these Android TV boxes can pair with bluetooth speakers, head phones and ear buds, however most mobile phones can't receive audio through bluetooth, they can only transmit it. I think the aux is disabled when bluetooth is used, or maybe it was the opposite. I'm not sure now because I tried to do this a few years ago and gave up because it was easier to just buy a bluetooth headset. Most of the apps I found were not free and were more about pc to mobile. There may be some more apps around now. Most popular apps I considered, were not bluetooth but WiFi network ones like this https://sonobus.net/

This sounds promising: https://sonobus.net/ Multi-user, multi-platform, open-source, completely free.

If you're looking to do this over wi-fi, try Sonobus.