[LAU] e-piano

[hollunder at gmx.at]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:48:36 +0200
<hollunder at gmx.at> wrote:

> Aaaand again..
> 
> I found another option, Yamaha DGX-630.
> It advertised more as a home/school piano/keyboard but it looks rather
> good to me. I compared it to the Korg SP-250 today and it's hard for
> me to say key and sound-wise what's better, but the yamaha has quite a
> lot more options and plays in the same price range.
> 
> BUT: It has midi only over usb, so I'm kinda worried that it might
> need drivers or something.
> This page lists a lot of their devices as working:
> http://qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=yamaha
> Is it safe to assume that the DGX-630 would work as well?
> 
> I found little info on it and had a little more luck with it's
> predecessor, DGX-620. It needs drivers on windows and macs.
> The little I found for linux:
> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055122961
> 
> Can anyone tell me if ti works for certain?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 	Philipp


And another answer to myself, sorry for that.

I could borrow a laptop today, went to the store, booted a
pure:dyne live-CD ("miso") and tested the midi of the DGX-630, aaaand
it works :)
I just did a very basic test. By connecting to zynaddsubfx using
qjackctl and hitting the keys it produced sound.

So yeah, I decided to order that device and got a better deal than
I would have by ordering from thomann.

I guess adding the device to the alsa and the other usb-device site
would be a sensible step to do now?

Thanks for all your help!

Best regards,
	Philipp