Anybody know how to pair an iRig BlueBoard with PatchBox OS? I would like to use it as a controller to select patches in ModeP.
Last time I checked, Bluetooth MIDI is not in a ready-and-easy-to-use state yet on Linux & Raspberry Pi. There’s no readily available Bluetooth MIDI service that would be easy to set up and use yet.
That said, I did once manage to make a Bluetooth MIDI device talk with Raspberry Pi, following this guide: Raspberry Pi as USB/Bluetooth MIDI host, but I think I had to do some extra steps, or something differently, I can’t recall exactly.
Thanks for the answer and link! I am going to give this a try and see what happens.
You could plug a CME WIDI Bud Pro into the Pi and it will recognise and connect to the BlueBoard, which should then appear as a MIDI device.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I bought a WIDI Bud (not the pro) and it works! I just have to power up the BlueBoard in MIDI mode and it pairs right away. ModeP recognizes it and I can assign events to pedals. Did a demo using the iRig to control a switcher to reroute signal on the fly. So fun! iRig BlueBoard and Raspberry Pi for Bass Effects - YouTube