Devices#

Device Setup#

Connecting MIDI and Audio Devices#

Zrythm will auto-connect to the devices specified in the Preferences and make these devices available in track inputs and other places.

JACK/PipeWire#

Zrythm exposes ports to JACK (or PipeWire) when using the JACK audio and MIDI backend. These ports can be viewed using a tool like Qjackctl.

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Device connections in Qjackctl#

Zrythm will manage hardware connections on its own, so users are not expected to have to use such a patchbay to route MIDI/audio devices, however such a tool can be used to route signals from other apps into Zrythm to record their output, or to route the output of Zrythm into other JACK apps.

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Any connections made externally will not be remembered by Zrythm.

MIDI Bindings#

Creating Bindings#

MIDI device controls can be mapped to controls inside Zrythm (on controls that support it). After enabling a device in the Preferences, a mapping can be created by right-clicking on eligible controls and selecting MIDI learn.

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MIDI learn on channel sends#

A window will show up asking you to press a key or move a knob on your MIDI device.

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MIDI learn window#

When the mapping is confirmed, the selected control can be controlled using the MIDI device.

Managing Bindings#

Device mappings (bindings) can be found under the Bindings tab in the main panel.

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MIDI CC bindings#

Bindings can be enabled/disabled by clicking the checkbox on each row, or deleted by selecting one or more rows and pressing the Delete button in the toolbar at the bottom.