Bluetooth midi guide Norns

leolodreamland · 2020-07-04T10:57:22.571Z

so i followed this guide to get bluetooth midi working on pi 3 then added the device via ssh terminal
https://mclarenlabs.com/blog/2019/01/15/korg-microkey-air-37-bluetooth-midi-keyboard-with-raspberry-pi/
it lists the keyboard (nanokey studio) in aconnect successfully

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but it doesn’t show in Norns midi devices, any way to make this work?

okyeron · 2020-07-04T17:18:33.586Z

Nope

Unfortunately Norns only looks at the USB subsystem for midi devices.

I’ve hacked on this a bit, but not made much progress.

_gt · 2021-12-26T07:03:44.897Z

It look’s like with Support for non-USB MIDI ports (Ex: virtual, network, etc ) - #10 by patriciogv this is now pretty straightforward!

It took me a long time to get to where @leolodreamland was a year ago but to make it easier for those interested, this is how I was able to get the internal bt to work

the next step was simply:
aconnect <blemidi>:0 <virtualmidi>:0

mnode · 2023-07-12T05:59:39.162Z

Hello,

Thank you for your post. I have been trying for a few days to activate Bluetooth following your instructions, but I haven’t had any success. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide more detailed guidance. Did you make changes to the “nonrs_defconfig” lines and compile your own Linux kernel? As a newcomer to Linux, every step is quite challenging for me. My goal is to use Bluetooth on Norns.

Thank you,

GA

Don_Fonzy · 2024-03-01T16:33:48.263Z

One option is to consider turning a pi zero into a bluetooth midi dongle, I have a few and they come in handy often. https://neuma.studio/raspberry-pi-as-usb-bluetooth-midi-host/
When plugged into the Norns, it shows as a regular Midi device for ins and outs. I am then able to bluetooth connect to the Norns with my Ipad and send/recieve messages