13 Apr
2004
13 Apr
'04
7:44 a.m.
Adrian Gschwend wrote:
I am finaly rebuilding my studio based on Linux-only
apps so I need some
compatible hardware as well for my Synths. I still have quite a lot of MIDI
devices so I am looking for HW with as many MIDI I/O's as possible.
The biggest interfaces have 8 inputs and 8 outputs.
Two 4x4 interfaces might be cheaper than one 8x8 interface because the
8x8 interfaces have built-in MIDI patch bay functionality.
Actually I don't care how I have to connect them
to my PC but I
would prefer an USB device or a PCI card.
AFAIK there are no pure PCI MIDI interfaces. Many PCI sound cards
include a MIDI interface, but often only as a gameport connector, so
you'd need a separate gameport <-> MIDI interface cable.
The following 8x8 USB MIDI interfaces are supported in Linux:
ESI Miditerminal M8U <http://www.esi-pro.com/viewProduct.php?pid=20>
Edirol UM-880 <http://www.edirol.com/products/info/um880.html>
M-Audio MidiSport 8x8
<http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.main&ID=66fc0423c8451084ba0c8f3f0b068fe1>
and <http://usb-midi-fw.sourceforge.net/>
Interfaces from Emagic (AMT8 and Unitor8), MOTU (MIDI Express xt/128),
and Steinberg (Midex 8) are not supported.
HTH
Clemens