Sending MIDI Out to a Roland SP 404 SX

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I’m trying to use a usb midi cable to hook my raspberry pi 4 to a Roland SP 404 SX and it’s not showing up under midi devices

https://www.amazon.com/Interface-OIBTECH-Upgrade-Professional-Converter/dp/B07B4SBPC5 << I bought this cable here.

I’ve tried using a2jmidid and it shows up in qjackctl but not in sonic pi.

i’m not sure where I should go from here troubleshooting wise. The SP 404 is sorta weird in that it only has a midi in.

Is there any easy to use free software i could try to see if its recognized in other applications?

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@rknutzen - are you attempting to use Sonic Pi 3.1?

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Yes do I need a different version?

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Yes, Sonic Pi 3.1 on Raspbian Buster does not fully work. See Sonic Pi 3.1 now on Raspbian Buster NOt FULLY WORKING for details of the issue if interested.
For a working version, see links in Sonic PI 3.2.2 deb file for Raspbian released.

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Thanks very much. downloaded the deb installed it with dpkg, then did

sudo apt --fix-broken install

and now it works great.

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Glad you got it goiing. In future easiest command line install that grabs dependencies is

sudo apt install ./path/to-sp-deb

NB the ./ before the deb