To display a virtual piano on Linux that shows played MIDI notes from a physical keyboard, you can use the following tools:
Use a USB A-to-B cable (commonly referred to as a printer cable) to connect the USB host port on your keyboard to a USB port on your computer.
- Ensure that the
alsa-utils
package is installed, which includes theaconnect
utility for managing ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) MIDI connections. On Debian/Ubuntu-based systems: