[linux-audio-user] hardware MIDI support

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Julien Pierre hat gesagt: // Julien Pierre wrote:

> I have a Roland UM-4 (Super MPU64) 4-port USB MIDI interface.
> I would like to get it to work under Mandrake (10.0 rc1).
> 
> Currently, it doesn't seem that the ALSA build that comes with it has 
> any drivers for USB MIDI. scandrake actually thinks the MPU64 is a 
> scanner ...

You may need to blacklist the OSS module usbaudio (or usb-audio?) in
hotplug. The ALSA module to use with the UM-4 is called snd-usb-audio.
Try modprobing it.

> And what sequencer program should I use to record MIDI from a MIDI 
> keyboard, and playback to MIDI external sound modules ?

MusE, Rosegarden,... See www.linux-sound.org

ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__