17 Jan
2011
17 Jan
'11
11:26 a.m.
Hi,
I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best choice
to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to experienced midi
users/musicians on this list.
Regards
Raffaele
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17 Jan
17 Jan
11:28 a.m.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Raffaele Morelli <
raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best
choice to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to experienced
midi users/musicians on this list.
Regards
Raffaele
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Hello!
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65. Works really great, no
compatibility problems. M-Audio is known to usually comply with standard
MIDI and standard USB.
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12:46 p.m.
On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:27:59 am Louigi Verona wrote:
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65. Works
really great, no compatibility problems. M-Audio is
known to usually comply with standard MIDI and standard
USB.
Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with Linux, after
you install the 'midisport firmware loader.' This is
included in most distros (esp. Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you
will have to install it yourself. This is very easy to do.
I have a Midisport 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock.
Meanwhile, all the AKAI stuff is class-compliant USB MIDI...
so it works fine in Linux without doing anything special.
-gabriel
[1] For Debian/Ubuntu the package is called
'midisport-firmware'
12:47 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield <gabrbedd(a)gmail.com
wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:27:59 am Louigi Verona
wrote:
Gabriel, I did not install this package and it still works.
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I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65.
Works
really great, no compatibility problems. M-Audio is
known to usually comply with standard MIDI and standard
USB.
Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with Linux, after
you install the 'midisport firmware loader.' This is
included in most distros (esp. Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you
will have to install it yourself. This is very easy to do.
I have a Midisport 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock.
Meanwhile, all the AKAI stuff is class-compliant USB MIDI...
so it works fine in Linux without doing anything special.
-gabriel
[1] For Debian/Ubuntu the package is called
'midisport-firmware'
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12:55 p.m.
Em Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:47:09 +0300
Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com> escreveu:
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Gabriel M.
Beddingfield
<gabrbedd(a)gmail.com
+1
I only use it with USB though
wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:27:59 am Louigi
Verona wrote:
Gabriel, I did not install this package and it still works.
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65.
Works
really great, no compatibility problems. M-Audio is
known to usually comply with standard MIDI and standard
USB.
Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with Linux, after
you install the 'midisport firmware loader.' This is
included in most distros (esp. Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you
will have to install it yourself. This is very easy to do.
I have a Midisport 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock.
Meanwhile, all the AKAI stuff is class-compliant USB MIDI...
so it works fine in Linux without doing anything special.
-gabriel
[1] For Debian/Ubuntu the package is called
'midisport-firmware'
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1:20 p.m.
On Monday, January 17, 2011 06:47:09 am you wrote:
> Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with
Linux,
> after you install the 'midisport firmware loader.'
> This is included in most distros (esp.
> Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you will have to install it
> yourself. This is very easy to do. I have a Midisport
> 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock.
[snip]
Gabriel, I did not install this package and it still
works.
OK, I believe you. :-) s/Correction:/Be aware that/
However, I just got an Oxygen 49 in December, and it didn't
work until I installed the firmware loader. I even had to
compile it by hand on a different distro.
-gabriel
1:37 p.m.
Thanks for your suggestions. *M-AUDIO Oxygen 61 (3rd Generation*) seems the
right choice for me.
Happy to see I was worried about compliance with no reason at all :-)
With regard to midisport, there's a "midisport-firmware" package/loader in
debian repos so there's no need to install it by hand anymore.
Regards
-r
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1:06 p.m.
On 17/01/11 23:46, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:27:59 am Louigi Verona
wrote:
It's only the older M-Audio devices that need the firmware upload;
AFAIK, all of the current models are class-compliant right
out-of-the-box without needing any firmware uploads. Unfortunately it's
not always easy to tell what does and doesn't need the firmware. The
page for the firmware project has a list:
http://usb-midi-fw.sourceforge.net/
but there are three revisions of the Oxygen out there now, for instance,
and I think (but don't know for sure) that it's only the first version
that needs the firmware.
There's not a lot of USB-based MIDI stuff out that isn't class-compliant
-- the only device I can think of off-hand is the Novation Launchpad.
I'd take the approach of finding a keyboard that suits your needs (size,
feel, features, etc.), and then doing some Googling just to make sure it
works under Linux.
Thanks
Leigh
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65.
Works
really great, no compatibility problems. M-Audio is
known to usually comply with standard MIDI and standard
USB.
Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with Linux, after
you install the 'midisport firmware loader.' This is
included in most distros (esp. Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you
will have to install it yourself. This is very easy to do.
I have a Midisport 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock. 
6:37 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield
<gabrbedd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:27:59 am Louigi Verona
wrote:
I have an M-Audio Keystation 49e that worked out of the box, no
firmware loading required.
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it would overturn the world."
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I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65.
Works
really great, no compatibility problems. M-Audio is
known to usually comply with standard MIDI and standard
USB.
Correction: M-Audio is known to work fine with Linux, after
you install the 'midisport firmware loader.' This is
included in most distros (esp. Debian/Ubuntu),[1] though you
will have to install it yourself. This is very easy to do.
I have a Midisport 1x1 and an Oxygen 49 and they rock. 
6:01 p.m.
On Monday 17 January 2011 12:27:59 Louigi Verona wrote:
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Raffaele Morelli
<
raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
About three years back, when I bought mine I was told that the Axiom series is
of better quality then the Oxygen regarding the casing. And it turns out the
axiom 49 I bought is nice. And works out of the box without any firmware.
It even works as a keyboard without a pc.
Have fun,
Arnold
Hi,
I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best
choice to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to experienced
midi users/musicians on this list.
Regards
Raffaele
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all'istinto di ribellione, alla rivolta non isterilita in progetti, alla
protesta violenta e viscerale.*
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Hello!
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65. Works really great, no
compatibility problems. M-Audio is known to usually comply with standard
MIDI and standard USB. 
6:53 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Arnold Krille <arnold(a)arnoldarts.de> wrote:
On Monday 17 January 2011 12:27:59 Louigi Verona
wrote:
About three years back, when I bought mine I was told that the Axiom series
is
of better quality then the Oxygen regarding the casing. And it turns out
the
axiom 49 I bought is nice. And works out of the box without any firmware.
I'm also an M-Audio Axiom user -- I use the 61-key model (a generation
behind the current version), which is perfectly sufficient for my needs.
It's light-weight but sturdy, terrific for gigging or for playing in one's
lap. The key/control assignments are simple, straightforward, and
limitlessly customizable. I don't think I had to do anything special to make
it work under ubuntu. It does not have active sensing.
The only thing I don't like about it is that it has no battery bay, which
means I am dangerously tethered to my laptop via usb when I run around on
stage playing the thing like a keytar (or in practice, I'm confined to a
small space when I would greatly prefer to run around and play the thing
like a keytar -- behind-the-head is still usually possible).
-----
Luke Peterson
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Raffaele Morelli
<
raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best
> choice to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to
experienced
midi
users/musicians on this list.
Hello!
I use M-Audio Oxygen series, Oxygen 8 and 65. Works really great, no
compatibility problems. M-Audio is known to usually comply with standard
MIDI and standard USB. 
18 Jan
18 Jan
11:18 a.m.
On 01/17/2011 07:01 PM, Arnold Krille wrote:
About three years back, when I bought mine I was told
that the Axiom series is
of better quality then the Oxygen regarding the casing. And it turns out the
axiom 49 I bought is nice. And works out of the box without any firmware.
Second that. I have an Oxygen8 that broke down recently. And my
Keystation 61es isn't high quality either. So I'd also consider looking
at other brands. As long as the keyboard is a USB1.1 class compliant
device you should be good to go.
Best,
Jeremy
17 Jan
17 Jan
4:22 p.m.
måndag 17 januari 2011 12.25.47 skrev Raffaele Morelli:
Hi,
I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best
choice to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to experienced
midi users/musicians on this list.
Sorry for writing here when you're already made up your mind, but I want to
say a few words about Edirol PCR-800. I'm quite happy with it. It's connected
via USB and do also have MIDI in/out. When using the USB interface, the PCR's
MIDI in/out functions as a MIDI interface. It works sell with Linux.
Jostein
9:53 p.m.
Il 17/01/2011 17:19, Jostein Chr. Andersen ha scritto:
Sorry for writing here when you're already made up
your mind, but I
want to
say a few words about Edirol PCR-800. I'm quite happy with it. It's connected
via USB and do also have MIDI in/out. When using the USB interface, the PCR's
MIDI in/out functions as a MIDI interface. It works sell with Linux.
BTW, I recently managed to make my Cakewalk A-800PRO work with Linux in
"advanced mode" USB, by modifying sound/usb/usbquirks.h. Not needed if
you switch advanced mode off from the panel menu.
It's the latest model after the PCR-800 (they're both by Roland, they
just pretend they can't remember their name). I think it's much better,
unless one needs a DJ-style crossfader on a keyboard.
I'm afraid their Win/Mac A-PRO Editor is the only way to modify some
keyboard settings (button/slider/knob/pad functions can be set from the
panel menu). Not a problem for me, but I'm investigating...
Guido
18 Jan
18 Jan
1:21 p.m.
måndag 17 januari 2011 22.53.35 skrev Guido Piazzi:
I'm afraid their Win/Mac A-PRO Editor is the only
way to modify some
keyboard settings (button/slider/knob/pad functions can be set from the
panel menu). Not a problem for me, but I'm investigating...
The PC editor for the PCRs works well under Wine; I believe that every aspect
of the PCR can be programmed manually too, but I might be wrong.
Jostein
17 Jan
17 Jan
5:28 p.m.
Hi,
I am going to buy a master
keyboardand I am
wondering what's the best choice to avoid
compatibility issues (if any...) according to
experienced midi
users/musicians on this list.
Regards
Raffaele
I use an M-Audio Axiom 25, and it works perfect with USB or directly with MIDI plug. Note
that not all keyboards are semi-weighted, may be this is important for you.
Another nice thing is that Enigma software works fine with wine (this is the software you
can use to save the presets to a file, if you are interested in using the keyboard like a
midi controller: slides, knobs,...)
Joan Quintana
www.joanillo.org
6:32 p.m.
Greetings,
I recently purchased an Akai LPK25. USB-only, but it works OOTB, is
velocity sensitive, and has a nice arpeggiator. Its configuration
software works perfectly with wine on Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit).
Best,
dp
18 Jan
18 Jan
11:21 a.m.
On 01/17/2011 07:32 PM, Dave Phillips wrote:
Greetings,
I recently purchased an Akai LPK25. USB-only, but it works OOTB, is
velocity sensitive, and has a nice arpeggiator. Its configuration
software works perfectly with wine on Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit).
Best,
dp
Second that too! I have its bigger brother (the MPK Mini) which works
like a charm (it's even got MIDI feedback!!). The keys are small though
but a lot better than those of the Korg nanoKEY.
Best,
Jeremy
12:50 p.m.
Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
On 01/17/2011 07:32 PM, Dave Phillips wrote:
One other nice feature of the LPK25: Its arpeggiator syncs to an
external MIDI clock source, e.g. Ardour3. I tested it yesterday, it
worked as advertised. However, AFAICT the only way to set the clock
source is via the software editor.
Best,
dp
I recently purchased an Akai LPK25. USB-only, but it works OOTB, is
velocity sensitive, and has a nice arpeggiator. Its configuration
software works perfectly with wine on Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit).
Second that too! I have its bigger brother (the MPK Mini) which works
like a charm (it's even got MIDI feedback!!). The keys are small
though but a lot better than those of the Korg nanoKEY. 
2:19 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy(a)autostatic.com>wrote;wrote:
Second that too! I have its bigger brother (the MPK
Mini) which works like
a charm (it's even got MIDI feedback!!). The keys are small though but a lot
better than those of the Korg nanoKEY.
I have some kids with autism who would really dig playing a controller
though yoshimi. But they are really tough on gear. If it was just me using
it I'd probably hunting for a nice deal on an oxygen 49 or 61. But my
suspicion is those shiny little mappable controllers would be the first to
go. Possibly followed by the functioning of the keys. Although, hey, what if
I mapped a bunch of the sliders to a subtractive synth and cut them loose?
I'm torn.
Of the models that work with linux, which would be tough and survive abuse?
And how tough can those little controller knobs really be?
--
Darrin
3:55 p.m.
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 15:16:52 Darrin Thompson wrote:
My son (not autistic but only almost three years old) has managed to take a
nanoKontrol apart. But not (yet) my Axiom.
Nor my fatar master-keyboard but that is a different price range...
Have fun,
Arnold
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Jeremy Jongepier
<jeremy(a)autostatic.com>wrote;wrote:
Second that
too! I have its bigger brother (the MPK Mini) which works
like a charm (it's even got MIDI feedback!!). The keys are small though
but a lot better than those of the Korg nanoKEY.
I have some kids with autism who would really dig playing a controller
though yoshimi. But they are really tough on gear. If it was just me using
it I'd probably hunting for a nice deal on an oxygen 49 or 61. But my
suspicion is those shiny little mappable controllers would be the first to
go. Possibly followed by the functioning of the keys. Although, hey, what
if I mapped a bunch of the sliders to a subtractive synth and cut them
loose? I'm torn.
Of the models that work with linux, which would be tough and survive abuse?
And how tough can those little controller knobs really be? 
17 Jan
17 Jan
10:14 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:25:47 +0100
Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I am going to buy a master keyboardand I am wondering what's the best
choice to avoid compatibility issues (if any...) according to
experienced midi users/musicians on this list.
Regards
Raffaele
I had a Behringer (sold it recently) and it worked out of the box. Only
tried it via USB. I think they're about the cheapest you can find and
they work ok - can't tell about the quality though as I'm no
keyboardist.
renato
18 Jan
18 Jan
11:46 a.m.
Em Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:21:10 +0100
Renato <rennabh(a)gmail.com> escreveu:
I had a Behringer (sold it recently) and it worked out of the box.
Only tried it via USB. I think they're about the cheapest you can
find and they work ok - can't tell about the quality though as I'm no
keyboardist.
the finish of them is kind of cheap but they work very good
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