23 Dec
2008
23 Dec
'08
8:39 p.m.
gsking1(a)gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm considering buying the Korg M50 (and to a lesser extent the Yamaha MO8).
Anyone hook these up to linux via the built in USB. Good / Bad or any other
issues?
It also has normal midi in/out which I could use if needed.
I really don't do much computer midi, but want to keep my options open.
I assume
I might have problems if I try to run the Editor/Librarian (windows/mac)
software under wine, and am not really concerned with that. I am looking for
basic midi music recording and playback from linux (rosegarden,
qtractor, etc.).
I have the X50. The editor software didn't used to work in wine, but I
think it does now. Haven't got round to trying it myself yet though.
As for USB Midi- with Linux it just works. You just need the
snd-usb-audio module in your kernel (almost always autoloaded these
days). Then it shows up as a standard ALSA midi device. I suggest using
qjackctl (even if you aren't using jack) to manage these- it's really
good and makes everything make much more sense.
I never did manage to get Windows MIDI to work properly. From what I can
gather their way of connecting things up is just silly.
You won't have any latency issues if you use the USB midi, whereas you
might if using ordinary midi connections.