5 May
2010
5 May
'10
6:53 p.m.
Hi,
I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II keyboard with my fedora
based linux system. The specs for the keyboard
(http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the
USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only
provided for Windows and MacOS.
Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not class
compliant in Linux?
How about a way to do what the Windows/MacOS drivers do in Linux? Can
they be adapted somehow? Or do they require a new kernel module?
Thanks for any help! Cheers,
Michael Ost
5 May
5 May
6:59 p.m.
Michael Ost wrote:
I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II
keyboard with my fedora
based linux system. The specs for the keyboard
(http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the
USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only
provided for Windows and MacOS.
Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not class
compliant in Linux?
That depends on what protocol the device uses.
Other Novation devices are supported; if this device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver.
Regards,
Clemens
7:07 p.m.
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
Michael Ost wrote:
I have some contacts at Novation, so I'll ask.
Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name nova\*" in
my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.
Thanks for the prompt reply!
Michael Ost
I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II
keyboard with my fedora
based linux system. The specs for the keyboard
(http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the
USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only
provided for Windows and MacOS.
Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not class
compliant in Linux?
That depends on what protocol the device uses.
Other Novation devices are supported; if this device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver. 
8:46 p.m.
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:07:35AM -0700, Michael Ost wrote:
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
I absolutely hate it when companies do stuff like this.
I've been happy with my Novation keyboard, but I will not buy equipment from them
again.
-ken
Michael Ost wrote:
I have some contacts at Novation, so I'll ask.
Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name nova\*" in
my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.
Thanks for the prompt reply!
I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II
keyboard with my
fedora based linux system. The specs for the keyboard
(http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the
USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only
provided for Windows and MacOS.
Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not
class compliant in Linux?
That depends on what protocol the device uses.
Other Novation devices are supported; if this device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver.
6 May
6 May
8:40 a.m.
Michael Ost wrote:
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
sound/usb/usbquirks.h (or quirks-table.h in the latest ALSA)
Other Novation devices are supported; if this
device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver.
Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name nova\*" in
my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.
6:35 p.m.
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
Michael Ost wrote:
Thanks, found it. I've got a message out to Novation to see if this
other keyboard works the same. I appreciate the help! ... mo
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
sound/usb/usbquirks.h (or quirks-table.h in the latest ALSA) Other Novation devices are supported; if this
device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver.
Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name
nova\*" in
my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.
10 May
10 May
7:12 p.m.
Michael Ost wrote:
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
Novation says "SL MkII is actually a class-compliant MIDI device, but we
provide a driver on Windows to support additional features. As such,
the data is in exactly the same format as our other class compliant
devices (ReMOTE 25). X-Station and Speedio are different and require
their own driver for audio, I can't actually confirm if they can work as
MIDI devices without the audio driver off the top of my head."
From a later mail, to clarify what are "additional features": The
"additional features" I mentioned are forAutomap - the main problem is
that if the device communicates with the host via MIDI, and then the
Automap server uses that MIDI data to control other things, the user can
sometimes end up with one control modifying two parameters - one via
Automap and one via MIDI. This is confusing! So we do not expose the
Automap data port (endpoint 3 on the SL MkII) as a MIDI port, and
instead use our driver to talk to it behind the scenes.
Looks like the SL MkII will do MIDI fine, but it won't do Automap.
Cheers... mo
Michael Ost wrote:
Thanks, found it. I've got a message out to Novation to see if this
other keyboard works the same. I appreciate the help! ... mo Clemens Ladisch wrote:
sound/usb/usbquirks.h (or quirks-table.h in the latest ALSA) Other Novation devices are supported; if this
device uses the same
protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
ID to the driver.
Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name
nova\*"
in my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names. 
9:21 p.m.
On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 10:12 -0700, Michael Ost wrote:
Novation says "SL MkII is actually a
class-compliant MIDI device, but we
provide a driver on Windows to support additional features. As such,
the data is in exactly the same format as our other class compliant
devices (ReMOTE 25). X-Station and Speedio are different and require
their own driver for audio, I can't actually confirm if they can work as
MIDI devices without the audio driver off the top of my head."
The Xiosynth 25 (which is at least in theory compatible with the
X-station) is supported as a generic usbmidi and USB audio device.
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