New subject: [linux-audio-user] How to check if I have midi connection?

19 Oct 2003

I believe the ALSA status page isn't as up-to-date as it should be.  I would actually
rely more on annecdote than it.

Taybin

-----Original Message-----
From: Klaus Kosten &lt;Klaus.Kosten(a)gmx.de&gt;
Sent: Oct 19, 2003 7:27 AM
To: A list for linux audio users &lt;linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu&gt;
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] How to check if I have midi connection?

Robert Jonsson wrote:
...

 Hi Klaus,

 If you need the midi ports there is a chance that you are correct.

 The audio ports though should work splendidly, support for envy24 based cards
 is generally very good in Linux, and quite sure this includes the DSP2000
 (Some related reading
 http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA_JACK_ARDOUR.html)

  For me, there is no other choice than switching
back to Win ?98 and
 Cubase VST and forgetting completely about sound under Linux, at least
 for now.  
 As I said, if you really need the midi-ports you might be right. On the other
 hand, midi-ports are cheap, most mainboards come with joystick-ports
 nowdays... (perhaps not the same quality though).
 In general it's more of a question of what apps you intend to be using. VST is
 probably a more stable and more feature rich environment.
 Linux-audio is still in what "suits" like to call, early adopter stage,
 meaning that it's mainly applicable to people that really want to use it and
 are prepared to jump through a few hoops to do it.
 But we are going to change that, right? ;)

 /Robert 
Hi Robert,

you are completely right, and I agree with you in principle. But the
DSP24 as the base of the DSP2000C has been marked as "supported" in the
sound card matrix since 2 years or so, even the ST Audio homepage says
it?s supported, and now suddenly the ALSA guys tell us it?s even
"untested". That?s what I call bad manners, at least. I never would have
bought the DSP2000C with this status.

FWIW, I?m a Linux user since 1994, as a Sysadmin I have moved the
network in our university institute from Novell to Linux, for everything
I do with a computer I use Linux (except music), so I am well aware of
the problems and am willing to be patient, but this is definitely not
the way I like it.

Regards
Klaus
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