<div>Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.</div>
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<div>I am a novice linux user and would basically like to know how to do the following, and any applicable advice you can give me.</div>
<div>I would like to use my jacklab box as a midi controller as follows:</div>
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<div>pc #1: midi-out => jacklab box: audiophile 2496 midi-in => jacklab box: motherboard joystick port => external keyboard synth</div>
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<div>The audiophile works fine, I now would like to get the joystick port working with midi. I have read that I need to use the snd-mpu401 driver and at <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ale.org/archive/ale/ale-2005-02/msg00641.html" target="_blank">http://www.ale.org/archive/ale/ale-2005-02/msg00641.html</a> have seen how to configure it.</div>
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<div>My questions are as follows:</div>
<div>1) is the alsa recompilation necessary in jacklab? Is there another way to get alsa to recognize the interface as a midi device in jacklab or is this the way to go...</div>
<div>2) upon getting the joystick port to work as a midi port, should I expect rosegarden to play nicely and see the new interface? I understand it *probably* should...</div>
<div>3) can I expect the joystick port and soundcard to both work well at the same time or should I just get an external midi interface (eg, midisport). The jacklab box is a P4/1.6ghz/768 MB if it pleases you to know...</div>
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<div>Thanks for any help...I just don't want to play around with this stuff to find out it doesn't work well.</div>