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

[PhilJackson]

Hello,

I am a fairly new Linux user - I like what I see so far, but having 
great diffculties with MIDI.
Specs:
Ubuntu Linux 5.04
KDE
Compaq Pressario 333 mhz (..I know.....)
256 RAM  (again...I know...old machine)
SoundCard - Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 5.1
  (manufacturer tells me it does indeed have an onboard hardware synth)

Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 hooked  up via joystick port

Audio such as MP3 works fine through such things as Alsaplayer and Xine.

KDE's KInfoCenter / Sound tells me:
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706(ALSA v1.06 emulation code)
Kernal: Linux PhilLinx 2.6.10-5-386#1 and so  forth
Config options:0
Installed Drivers: Type 10:ALSA emulation
Card Config:  Sound Fusion  CS46xx at 0x41300000/0x41200000,irq 11
Audio devices:0:CS46XX(DUPLEX)
Synth devices: NOT ENABLED
Midi devices: 0:CS46XX
Timers:
7:system  timer
Mixers:
0:Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4,Cirr

lsmod | grep snd tells me:

snd_emu10k1_synth       6656  0 
snd_emu10k1            81668  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_emux_synth         33280  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi         7296  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul       7424  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_hwdep               9220  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth
snd_util_mem            4608  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth
snd_cs46xx             80328  0 
snd_ac97_codec         64608  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_cs46xx
snd_pcm_oss            47652  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16768  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                84872  4 snd_emu10k1,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_os
s
snd_page_alloc          9604  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
gameport                4608  2 analog,snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_midi            8224  0 
snd_rawmidi            22944  4 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_m
idi
snd_seq_oss            30080  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      7424  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46992  8 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul
,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23300  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          8332  7 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth,snd
_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd                    50276  14 snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_
hwdep,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn
d_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9824  1 snd


Any ideas if ALSA simply cannot recognize this soundcard or I simply have something out of whack?  

thanks,

PhilJ