[LAU] Cheap USB MIDI interfaces

[Paul Coccoli]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system to teach himself
> keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
> he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
> available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
> Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
> couple of soft synths and be very happy.

Tell him to get a weighted MIDI keyboard with USB.  Unless he buys
something old, pretty much all MIDI controllers have USB on-board
these days.