22 Mar
2009
22 Mar
'09
4:35 p.m.
A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system to teach himself
keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
couple of soft synths and be very happy.
Does anyone have an up-to-date list of what can be purchased new today
that works? I use a Midiman Midisport 2x2 which I can still find on
Ebay but it's not listed at Sweetwater anymore and everything that is
listed seems WAY too expensive to me for this task. ($80 or higher)
What can a guy buy for $20-$30 that will get MIDI into his laptop?
He's currently distro shopping. Probably he'll go with Ubuntu or CCRMA.
Cheers,
Mark
22 Mar
22 Mar
5:40 p.m.
Hi Mark,
Mark Knecht wrote:
What can a guy buy for $20-$30 that will get MIDI into
his laptop?
Musician's friend has 2 @ $30: CME U2MIDI and E-MU Xmidi 1x1. I don't know if
they work with Linux.
Midisport 1x1 USB ($40) - Works great. Love it.
Midisport Uno ($40) - I've heard that this always works great for normal stuff
(notes, CC's, PC's) but sometimes will act flaky with sysex. I think the issues
are often tied to specific production runs (hardware). I've heard this from
Linux, Windows, and Mac users.
For M-audio's midisports, you'll probably need to add a package to load the
firmware in your favorite distro. On Debian-based distros the package is called
"midisport-firmware".
He's currently distro shopping. Probably he'll
go with Ubuntu or CCRMA.
I've heard good things about Ubuntu Studio, and I use (and like) 64 Studio 2.0
(Debian-based) and 3.0-beta (Ubuntu-based).
Peace,
Gabriel
10:48 p.m.
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
Hi Mark,
Mark Knecht wrote:
I use the E-Mu XMidi 1x1 with Linux. Works completely transparently with
Debian. Don't know about other distros, but I'd expect it works with all
of them.
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What can a guy buy for $20-$30 that will get MIDI
into his laptop?
Musician's friend has 2 @ $30: CME U2MIDI and E-MU Xmidi 1x1. I don't know if
they work with Linux. 
5:57 p.m.
Mark Knecht wrote:
A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system to
teach himself
keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
couple of soft synths and be very happy.
Does anyone have an up-to-date list of what can be purchased new today
that works? I use a Midiman Midisport 2x2 which I can still find on
Ebay but it's not listed at Sweetwater anymore and everything that is
listed seems WAY too expensive to me for this task. ($80 or higher)
What can a guy buy for $20-$30 that will get MIDI into his laptop?
He's currently distro shopping. Probably he'll go with Ubuntu or CCRMA.
Hi Mark,
Sweetwater's Pro Gear catalog lists the MidiSport 1x1 for $39.97. It
also lists a MidiSport 2x2AE at $69.97. I own a 2x2, it works fine, but
I know nothing about the AE version of the box. The catalog lists the
Edirol UM1EX at $39.97, ALSA says the snd-usb-audio module is its
driver. Ditto for the M-Audio Uno, also in the catalog.
Best,
dp
6:08 p.m.
weighted keys and customer reports working fine with Linux
http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/dld.cfm?ln=en&dsp=0&iCnc…
also, the CME2 Midi product works in Linux
thanks
ron
www.indamixx.com
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote:
A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system
to teach himself
keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
couple of soft synths and be very happy.
Does anyone have an up-to-date list of what can be purchased new today
that works? I use a Midiman Midisport 2x2 which I can still find on
Ebay but it's not listed at Sweetwater anymore and everything that is
listed seems WAY too expensive to me for this task. ($80 or higher)
What can a guy buy for $20-$30 that will get MIDI into his laptop?
He's currently distro shopping. Probably he'll go with Ubuntu or CCRMA.
Hi Mark,
Sweetwater's Pro Gear catalog lists the MidiSport 1x1 for $39.97. It
also lists a MidiSport 2x2AE at $69.97. I own a 2x2, it works fine, but
I know nothing about the AE version of the box. The catalog lists the
Edirol UM1EX at $39.97, ALSA says the snd-usb-audio module is its
driver. Ditto for the M-Audio Uno, also in the catalog.
Best,
dp
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6:20 p.m.
Another +1 for MidiSport
I've got the 2x2 never had a problem with it.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
6:44 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> wrote:
Another +1 for MidiSport
I've got the 2x2 never had a problem with it.
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Any USB1.1 compatible midi device should work, it definitely will if
it is class compliant (which almost all of them are). Midi is a slower
protocol and you don't have to worry about a/d/a quality since it is
end to end digital, so really there is no reason not to get a simple
usb1.1 class compliant midi adaptor, yamaha has a very cheap one that
looks like two midi cables connected to a usb cable with a small extra
knob of plastic in between, that works just great in my experience,
model UX16.
24 Mar
24 Mar
2:21 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system to
teach himself
keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
couple of soft synths and be very happy.
Tell him to get a weighted MIDI keyboard with USB. Unless he buys
something old, pretty much all MIDI controllers have USB on-board
these days.
25 Mar
25 Mar
10:20 p.m.
Try the Yamaha UX16. It worked right out of the box with my Debian etch
machine.
You need to do a "modprobe snd-usb-audio" though.
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Subject: Re: [LAU] Cheap USB MIDI interfaces
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Mark Knecht
<markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A friend possibly wants to set up a Linux system
to teach himself
keyboards. He's currently looking for a weighted MIDI keyboard which
he can do on his own but needs info on what USB-MIDI intersfaces
available online at someplace like Sweetwater or Musician's Friend are
Alsa/Jack compatible. I'm guessing he'll set up Rosegarden and a
couple of soft synths and be very happy.
Tell him to get a weighted MIDI keyboard with USB. Unless he buys
something old, pretty much all MIDI controllers have USB on-board
these days.
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