27 Dec
2004
27 Dec
'04
7:55 a.m.
On Monday 27 December 2004, Mark Knecht wrote:
One reason some people do not like
the MidiSport line, at least with the 2x2 and higher, is that it
requires the use of non-opensource firmware.
I have seen several reports like this, claiming that there is not an usable
open source firmware for Midisport2x2 devices. That is not true.
Please check the repositories for your distro, and look for a package named
"ezusbmidi". It contains a GPL released firmware for Midisport- UNO, 1x1 and
2x2.
This software, written in C by Lars Doelle, can be compiled using the SDCC
compiler (http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/). You can get the sources here:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/linux-hotplug/firmware/ezusb/midi/
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-hotplug/firmwarehotplug-0.1.tar.gz…
There are several Linux vendors including it. For instance:
Debian/Agnula
http://apt.agnula.org/pool/main/e/ezusbmidi/
RedHat/CCRMA
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/usbmidi.html
Mandrake
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/10.0/contrib/i586/ezusbmidi-2002_10_2…
Regards,
Pedro