[linux-audio-user] Newbie Linux user Struggling with MIDI

[PhilJackson]

>Hi Clemmens,
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    From what I've learned so far, routing MIDI through the "through"
    port may be my only options.  Apparently Alsa does not support the 
    hardware synth on the CS64XX  (Turtle Beach Santa Cruz) sound     
    card.   Routing to the external sound module appears to be 
neccessary, and was my ultimate goal anyhow. 

thanks,

Phil

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>>When I did the aconnect -i and aconnect -o I didn't see any of the
>>through-ports - bad sign?
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>No; you don't need any Through port unless you want to route MIDI data
>in complicated ways.  If you really want it, you can load the
>snd-seq-dummy module manually (newer versions of ALSA load it by
>default).
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>HTH
>Clemens
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