30 May
2005
30 May
'05
6:29 a.m.
Jay Vaughan wrote:
i'd like to ask members of LAD to report on their
experiences with
using professional MIDI interfaces, such as (for example) the Motu
MTP AV, Digidesign MIDEX-8, etc?
what is the 'easiest' MIDI interface to get working under the average
Linux kernel?
The 8x8 interfaces from ESI (Miditerminal M8U), Edirol (UM-880),
M-Audio (Midisport 8x8), and Emagic (Unitor8, AMT8) work with ALSA;
the Emagic ones require the new ALSA 1.0.9. The Midisport is the only
one that isn't easy because it needs a separate firmware loader to be
installed manually.
for me so far, MidiShare seems to offer the most
direct and usable
approach .. while ALSA is wraught with complexity and dependencies
which often seem out of control.
Under Linux, MidiShare depends on ALSA anyway ... :-)
The problem is more that ALSA isn't very well documented.
Have a look at the programs in alsa-utils/seq/.
Regards,
Clemens