[linux-audio-user] CS1X

Clemens Ladisch clemens at ladisch.de
Mon Jun 16 07:28:00 EDT 2003


Rossen Apostolov wrote:
> I'm thinking of buying Yamaha CS1X but can't figure out how to
> connect it to my ThinkPad.

A gameport <-> MIDI converter cable would be rather cheap, but your
laptop probably doesn't have a gameport, so it's a USB MIDI interface
then.

> [...] Can anyone recommend me one?

Edirol UM-1S/E, Midiman MidiSport 1x1/Uno, Yamaha UX16 all work in
Linux. There isn't much of a difference between them, except that the
driver installation for MidiSport devices is slightly more
complicated.

> And what driver do I need for it?

ALSA (0.9.x) has drivers for all of them; for the MidiSport, you'd
need an additional firmware download utility.

The OSS driver in kernels >= 2.4.20 supports them, too (but is
slightly buggy).


HTH
Clemens





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