Networking
There is a version of MiniDexed that adds networking support.
Please note: This functionality is not in the main release of MiniDexed yet. This page is a work in progress.
Circle, which MiniDexed is based on, has WLAN support for the following Raspberry Pi models:
- Raspberry Pi 3A+
- Raspberry Pi 3B
- Raspberry Pi 4B
- Raspberry Pi 400
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Raspberry Pi Zero W
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- rtpMIDI a.k.a. "AppleMIDI" (currently without DNS-SD service discovery a.k.a. "Bonjour", "Zeroconf")
- UDP MIDI
- FTP (e.g., to update without taking the microSD card out of the Pi)
rtpMIDI (also known as "AppleMIDI") allows you to send MIDI data from a host computer to MiniDexed.
This allows us to send MIDI e.g., from DAWs, Dexed on the PC, or even sysex for voices from the web browser using sites like patches.fm.
RTP-MIDI on Windows 11 using loopMIDI and rtpMIDI works very nicely as described here. Playing MIDI from REAPER to MiniDexed over the network.
It is possible to use MiniDexed in conjunction with Dexed on a host computer. This allows you to send voices from Dexed to MiniDexed over the network, and to use Dexed as a GUI "programmer" for MiniDexed, meaning that any changes in Dexed are immediately reflected in MiniDexed.
and Dexed like this
Tested with Logic Pro 9.1.8 on Mac OS X 10.6.8
- Open Audio MIDI Setup
- In the MIDI Studio window, double-click Network
- In the MIDI Network Setup window, MiniDexed will appear after a while in "Directory". Set it up like below.
Note: As DNS-SD service discovery a.k.a. "Bonjour", "Zeroconf" is currently disabled, you will need to enter the IP address of your MiniDexed device manually by clicking "+" under "Directory".
(Section to be written)
Like rtpMIDI, UDP MIDI also allows you to send MIDI data from a host computer to MiniDexed.
FTP allows you to access the contents of the microSD card inside the Raspberry Pi over the network (e.g., to update the firmware and/or modify voices and performances without taking the microSD card out of the Raspberry Pi).
Username: admin, password: admin.
Note: This is very insecure and should only be used in your private network in which you are the only user.
Unfortunately, the FTP clients built into Windows 11 and macOS are known not to work with the FTP implementation currently being used in MiniDexed. The following FTP clients are known to work:
- Total Commander for Windows
- WinSCP for Windows