[linux-audio-user] m-audio radium USB midi keyboard

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Dec 26 04:53:00 EST 2002


On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 08:13:13 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hi,
> Eric Dantan Rzewnicki hat gesagt: // Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> 
> > I assume what Frank said regarding USB vs. MIDI I/O would apply here.
> > That is, USB might work but will probably more difficult to set up.
> > While MIDI in out should be fairly simple?
> 
> Yes, that's the bottom line. For USB, someone has to write a driver.
> The Oxygen has an USB driver (it's a Midisport inside) in newer ALSA
> versions, I don't know, if the Radium has a driver, but probably it
> also has a Midisport inside, so it might work with USB as well. But
> you will have to install the USB driver. 

There is actually a standard for USB MIDI, but things like the Midisport
were too early to support it.

Theres a chance that new USB keyboards use the generic USB MIDI driver.

- Steve



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