I am one who tends to NOT use vsts or software synths, as i have real synths i prefer playing and composing on. For now when i sequence my midi gear I am using my midi express XT to interface all my gear w/ cubase under win xp (gasp).... I love using trackers and a variety of other sample based sequencers and am fine doing that in linux osx or win... however i&#39;d love to be able to compose with my midi gear in linux. <br>
<br>I&#39;ve heard for years Motu devices simply don&#39;t work under linux. However the Alsa project web site lists mark of the unicorn devices, namely the model I own as a compatible &quot;sound card&quot; (interesting as it&#39;s not a sound card by any stretch), see<br>

<a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Mark_Of_The_Unicorn" target="_blank">http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Mark_Of_The_Unicorn</a><br><br>I have followed the setup directions up on <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-mtpav" target="_blank">http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-mtpav</a><br>

<br>but hit a brick wall at setting up modprope and kmod support.  Under either ubuntu studio 9.10 or AVLinux 3 I simply do not have a /etc/modules.conf OR /etc/conf.modules. additionally.. sudo apt-get modutils brings up an error (E: Invalid operation modutils) and i see no modutils in synamtic for either distros. <br>
<br>Has anyone had any amount of success *they can speak to* with getting a motu parallel midi interface working under any linux kernel? I&#39;m not married to any particular kernel at the moment, I use quite a few to get any number of different tasks on any one of my pcs or macs, so any suggestions would be welcome! <br>
<br>Thanks so much!<br><br><br>