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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Hugh,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It isn't clear which distribution you are using (is
it jacklab ?), but I can tell you that Debian etch, while not too
straightforward to configure, does work well after you get it
right.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have a Yamaha UX16 usb interface which I connect to a
motif keyboard using aconnectgui. </FONT><FONT face=Arial>To get the
UX16 to work, I need to execute (as root) the command 'modprobe
snd-usb-audio'. No doubt this command should be in an initialization file
somewhere, but who knows where ? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alsa is redundant in functionality with jack, but they
work together. Maybe someone could answer this: Why do alsa and jack have the
same functionality ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rosegarden can be connected to an independent midi player.
I like to use Hydrogen for the drum track. However, Rosegarden needs a faster,
better yet a real-time kernel, to actual perform as a midi source, so I
use ZynAddSubFx software synthesizer instead. I plan to recompile the
kernel for that reason, but it's not urgent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I can't tell you about the joystick port, since I don't
use it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bob</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hugh.lawrence@gmail.com href="mailto:hugh.lawrence@gmail.com">Hugh
Lawrence</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2008 10:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Norton AntiSpam] [LAU] Using
jacklab + rosegarden + soundcard midi input + mother board joystick midi
output</DIV>
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<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)"
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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>
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