10 May
2008
10 May
'08
1:09 p.m.
I have 2 Roland external synths from the Sound Expansion series: M-GS64
(general synth) and the M-OC1 (orchestra synth)
MIDI from the Audigy2 ZS internal sound card goes to the synths, then
audio from the synths goes to an external mixer, which I then route back
to the Audigy2 ZS line in for software recording.
Rosegarden 1.5.1 (under Fedora Core 6 and Planet CRRMA) recognizes the
MIDI out ports on the Audigy2 ZS card. Under the Composition-> Studio->
Manage MIDI Devices dialog box, I can create the patch/bank lists to
have the synths play the desired sample. I have the RGD file done for
the M-OC1 synth (except for the 2nd drum bank), but am still working on
the M-GS64 synth. Rosegarden 1.5.1 allows 1 drum bank to be entered
easily. The M-GS64 has 23 drum banks. I haven't figured out how to get
the other 22 drum banks into the RGD file correctly yet.
You don't need to go to WineAISO to have Linux control Roland external
synths. Rosegarden does the job perfectly.
Regards,
Stephen.
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 17:31 -0500, Roger Wakeman wrote:
I also notice that some of these devices require
software to access
their various sounds and features because they don't have controls
on the units (such as the SC-8820). Do they come with software that
runs in Linux, perhaps with WineASIO?
Roger