MIDI over BLE on a MAC

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IsaacCull
 
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MIDI over BLE on a MAC

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Having the worst time trying to get my Mac to talk to an itsy bitsy board.

Ultimately I would like to send MIDI info from my laptop to the itsy Bitsy.

I have circuit python on the board running the code and all libraries are there as well.

When I plug the board into my Mac with a usb, it shows up as an icon in the MIDI studio in Audio MIDI setup.

When I try to connect the board over Bluetooth on the MIDI studio in the Audio MIDI setup........ nothing.

If I put a basic circuit python code on the board I can get the board recognized by Bluefruit connect and connect to the board but not on the MIDI studio in the Audio MIDI setup.

When I replace the code with the (Robot Xylophone) project code, I cannot pair with the board at all.

Thinking this should be way more straightforward than it is, I think I am missing something obvious here.

Thanks in advance for any insights or help

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Re: MIDI over BLE on a MAC

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Your process sounds correct. You are able to connect in most cases to the Mac and Adafruit Bluefruit LE App.

This is going to come down to version specifics.

What bootloader / BLE version are you running on the ItsyBitsy?

Which version of CircuitPython?

Is this the guide you have been following?

https://learn.adafruit.com/midi-for-mak ... -sequencer

Which example program?

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