[linux-audio-user] usb midi interface: USB Midisport Uno

[Dave Phillips]

Hi all:

  Just FYI, here's a little script I run to load that firmware on my 
laptop. I put the device on the system black list so I can force the USB 
MIDI device to be always the last in my list of cards (CS4232, virmidi, 
and then my MIDIsport 2x2).

    echo "Loading MidiSport firmware..."
    modprobe snd-usb-audio
    fxload -I /usr/share/usb/ezusbmidi/ezusbmidi2x2.ihx -D 
/proc/bus/usb/001/003
    echo "Done !"

I named the script usbmidiload.scr and gave it executable permissions 
with 'chmod +x usbmidiload.scr'. Works like a charm, and I should add 
that the 2x2 also works like a champ. Good stuff...

Btw, I'm sure there's a better way than my script, but it works well so 
it's good enough for me.

Best,

dp


Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:

>On Monday 27 December 2004, Mark Knecht wrote:
>  
>
>>One reason some people do not like
>>the MidiSport line, at least with the 2x2 and higher, is that it
>>requires the use of non-opensource firmware. 
>>    
>>
>
>I have seen several reports like this, claiming that there is not an usable 
>open source firmware for Midisport2x2 devices. That is not true.
>
>Please check the repositories for your distro, and look for a package named 
>"ezusbmidi". It contains a GPL released firmware for Midisport- UNO, 1x1 and 
>2x2.
>
>This software, written in C by Lars Doelle, can be compiled using the SDCC 
>compiler (http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/). You can get the sources here:
>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/linux-hotplug/firmware/ezusb/midi/
>http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-hotplug/firmwarehotplug-0.1.tar.gz?download
>
>There are several Linux vendors including it. For instance:
>Debian/Agnula 
>	http://apt.agnula.org/pool/main/e/ezusbmidi/
>RedHat/CCRMA
>	http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/usbmidi.html
>Mandrake
>http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/10.0/contrib/i586/ezusbmidi-2002_10_20-3mdk.noarch.html
>
>Regards,
>Pedro
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