Sending MIDI messages using Python (on Ubuntu)

import mido
import time
from collections import deque

print mido.get_output_names() # To list the output ports
print mido.get_input_names() # To list the input ports

inport = mido.open_input('DigitalKBD MIDI 1')
outport = mido.open_output('DigitalKBD MIDI 1')

msglog = deque()
echo_delay = 2

while True:
    while inport.pending():
        msg = inport.receive()
        if msg.type != "clock":
            print msg
            msglog.append({"msg": msg, "due": time.time() + echo_delay})
    while len(msglog) > 0 and msglog[0]["due"] <= time.time():
        outport.send(msglog.popleft()["msg"])

import mido
inport = mido.open_input('DigitalKBD MIDI 1')
outport = mido.open_output('DigitalKBD MIDI 1')
outport.send(mido.Message('note_on', note=72))