MIDI Input

To allow playing notes with midi keyboards we could add support for alsa-sequencer or jack-midi. The midi input could be used to:

jack midi

We need to configure the routing:

have a drop-down list somewhere and lets the user choose where it should go to (wavetable, machine-1, machine-2, dynamic). dynamic would be sending it to what has focus : machine window or wavetable tab
add an optional JACK MIDI port for each machine which you can enable by right-clicking on machine (context menu)
add to machine property settings alongside midi/osc output routing, see midi overlays below
- maybe too unflexible
another idea: define global "ensembles/profiles" which constitute midi note/parameter routing configurations
- list with all entities able to receive midi signals (machines and maybe virtual midi targets for application functionality?)
- complex mappings for e.g. keyboard split or different parameter ranges (lin/exp, abs/rel, ...) are possible in the long run
- profile can be changed at once, per menuitem/hotkey or even midi event?

jackmidi only makes sense if we use jack as the audiosink. We need to extend the jack gstreamer plugin to expose the jack-client.

 but they would not be connected to anything

this probably needs several changes in the code (should they be presented like generators)
we might want to have fake level meters on them (just pulse on event)

we could also overlay midi-out on any generator
we would map the note to the machines note
we would assign parameter columes to CC (maybe with some min/max scale adjustment)
allows for easy swapping of buzzmachine/external synth playback
no "phantom" sink required
idea: add "Send via... (Midi/OSC channel)" to each machine property page? (same for receive?)