Using a Raspberry Pi 5 with Pisound I frequently get hanging MIDI Notes when using the DIN MIDI in.
I use RNBO and wonder if that’s a Pisound or a RNBO issue. RNBO connects to Jack and USB MIDI interfaces work fine. So i suspect it may be Pisound related.
Has anybody experienced this as well or might have a tip how to troubleshoot this issue?
Any thoughts are very welcome!
What is the output of uname -a?
Hello Giedrius,
uname -a reports:
Linux rnbo-rp5 6.6.20+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.20-1+rpt1 (2024-03-07) aarch64 GNU/Linux
Could you please send me the full output of dmesg?
I attach the output as a text file. It’s too long to fit int a reply.
Thanks for looking into this!
dmesg.txt (40.4 KB)
Looks like the Pisound you’re using is running firmware 1.01 - you should upgrade to 1.03.
If anyone wonders, you can check your Pisound firmware version by running:
cat /sys/kernel/pisound/version
The steps to upgrade the firmware are here:
However, as this hasn’t been needed in a very long time, the scripts are very likely not compatible with bookworm or the Pi 5.
Do you have an option to do the Pisound firmware upgrade on Pi 3 or 4, running bullseye or buster Raspberry Pi OS or Patchbox OS? The scripts should work fine for them.
I successfully upgraded the firmware to 1.03 using a Pi4. The next days I’ll be able to make some tests on a Pi5 and let you know how it went.
After running first test, the firmware upgrade seems to have solved the issue. I’ll now mount it back to my rig and test how it behaves in a more complex setup. Thanks a lot for your help, Giedrius