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

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2005-29-07 at 23:26 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> The problem on linux is that we (generally) attempt to use generic tools
> that are independent of the particular h/w installed. For very simple
> things, this works well, but audio + MIDI interfaces really do not tend
> to benefit from the current approach that has been taken, and it
> requires a lot of knowledge on the part of the user to make sense of the
> information that is presented.

IMO, it's not this approach that's intrinsically confusing - we just
need shinier GUI tools to make it more intuitive for newbs (and simpler
for everyone)

-DR-