[LAU] Roland A500S: snd-usb-audio error -5

[Francesco Ariis]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 12:34:37PM -1000, david wrote:
> On 01/28/2017 12:39 AM, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> >On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 09:45:27AM +0100, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> >>Hello linux-audio users,
> >>
> >>    I recently acquired a roland a-500s midi keyboard and I have problems
> >>using it under linux. [...]
> >
> >I found the solution. Apparently every Roland series 500 keyboard has
> >an ADVANCED MODE switch. Turning it off solved the problem.
> 
> That's interesting. I wonder of their "Advanced" term is just a synonym for
> "Proprietary"?

Most likely! They promise less latency with advanced-mode on, but I
didn't notice any playing with "normal mode".