[linux-audio-user] [Pavel.Vondricka at ff.cuni.cz: Re: Novation X-station and linux]

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

Forwarding to Linux Audio Users. I'll respond to this from home later.
-edrz

----- Forwarded message from Pavel Vondricka <Pavel.Vondricka at ff.cuni.cz> -----

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:40:54 +0100
From: Pavel Vondricka <Pavel.Vondricka at ff.cuni.cz>
Subject: Re: Novation X-station and linux
To: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie at rfa.org>
Cc: clemens at ladisch.de

Thank you very much, I'm thinking about buying the 61-key version which is 
supposed to come out no sooner than in 5 or 6 weeks, if the producer keeps 
his word. I'm happy to hear that there is a patch and there is the "will". 
Then I suppose we could lose the situation together anyway, sooner or later, 
as it would be a VERY bad idea if had to try to hack the driver myself with 
my little experience :-)).

Then I suppose if Clemens got the complete documentation to their protocol and 
if there are no problems with the implementation, it must work cleanly (soon 
if not now). I'd like to know how much is it different from the standard (and 
may be why? more functions?). Did you got from Clemens a patch for the 
usb-audio driver only or did he make a completely new, separate driver 
specially for novation devices?

BTW, I've also seen some message about problems with the audio (someone 
couldn't switch from 24-bit to 16-bit audio, if I did understand it well) - 
have you tried the USB audio at least, is the problem solved or are there any 
other problems with the device than just the MIDI connection? What about 
uploading new firmware or storing configurations of the device in the 
computer? (Maybe, this is possible even through the MIDI communication? Then 
even through the working MIDI-through-USB communication?)

Best regards,
Pavel

P.S.: Maybe a better idea that to ask here all the questions about the driver: 
If you would be so kind, could you send me the patch as well? I cannot test 
it now, but I'm just curious how complicated it is and how many differences 
there are (if I manage to make some ideas of it myself, at least ;-)). 
Thanks.

> On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:05:53AM +0100, Pavel Vondricka wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I found your messages in some mailinglists and I would like to ask if you
> > managed to make a driver for the usb midi communication with novation
> > x-station and if it is already/going to become a part of the official
> > alsa drivers. I consider buying X-Station 61, but I'd like to use it
> > through USB only.
> > (If you have any experience with this device, good or bad one, I'd also
> > like to hear about it.)
> > Thank you very much,
> > Pavel V.
> Clemens is a developer, but I am not. He sent me a patch to try with my
> novation remote 25, but I have not yet had time to try it. I don't know
> anything about the x-station, myself.
> Clemens, I'm sorry I never got back to you on the patch you sent. That
> was at least a month ago. If there is a newer version that you would
> like me to test I may have time in the next week or so.
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