Values into system calls (RPi 4 Raspbian Buster Thonny)

[hitsware]

import os
import time
os.system ("sudo modprobe snd-virmidi")
os.system ("aconnect 20:00 128:00")
b0=str(hex(12*12))[2:4]
b1=str(hex(5*12))[2:4]
b2=str(hex(100+27))[2:4]
while True:
  print (b0)
  print (b1)
  print (b2)
  os.system ("amidi -p hw:1,0 -S 'b0 b1 b2'")
  time.sleep(1)

This prints out the right values (90 3c 7f)
But the midi doesn't respond
If I replace b0 b1 b2 (next to last line) with 90 3c 7f
the synth plays ........... ??????????

[buran]

you need to construct the command string with the values of b0, b1 and b2

>>> b0 = hex(12*12)[2:4]
>>> b1 = hex(5*12)[2:4]
>>> b2 = hex(100+27)[2:4]
>>> cmd = ' '.join(["amidi -p hw:1,0 -S", b0, b1, b2])
>>> cmd
'amidi -p hw:1,0 -S 90 3c 7f'
>>> cmd = f"amidi -p hw:1,0 -S {b0} {b1} {b2}"
>>> cmd
'amidi -p hw:1,0 -S 90 3c 7f'
>>> b0 = 0x90
>>> b1 = 0x3c
>>> b2 = 0x7f
>>> cmd = f"amidi -p hw:1,0 -S {b0:x} {b1:x} {b2:x}"
>>> cmd
'amidi -p hw:1,0 -S 90 3c 7f'
>>>

also note you don't need to convert the result from hex() to str, it's already str.

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by the way it's better to use subprocess module, e.g. subprocess.run(), as mentioned in the docs for os.system():

The subprocess module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable to using this function. See the Replacing Older Functions with the subprocess Module section in the subprocess documentation for some helpful recipes.