Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
Hi thanks, Thanks to one slugger I've ordered a 4 port midi off deals extreme... now waiting as they don't have it in stock MidiBox 4-in/4-out USB 2.0 64-MIDI Interface Thru/Merge Box Ben On 18/02/13 16:19, Martin Visser wrote: I have a Tascam US-122 that works great in Linux (it does MIDI as well as audio). I think this is discontinued now - I imagine the newer version have probably gained support in Linux as well. (Google is your friend) Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com mailto:martinvisse...@gmail.com On 8 February 2013 21:12, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au mailto:donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Hi all, I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi thanks, Thanks to one slugger I've ordered a 4 port midi off deals extreme... now waiting as they don't have it in stock MidiBox 4-in/4-out USB 2.0 64-MIDI Interface Thru/Merge Box These will work OK provided you don't rely too heavily on clock sync - you may only be able to allocate one port to transmit/receive clock sync with any stability. rachel Ben On 18/02/13 16:19, Martin Visser wrote: I have a Tascam US-122 that works great in Linux (it does MIDI as well as audio). I think this is discontinued now - I imagine the newer version have probably gained support in Linux as well. (Google is your friend) Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com mailto:martinvisse...@gmail.com On 8 February 2013 21:12, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au mailto:donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Hi all, I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@zeta.org.auhttp://www.zeta.org.au/~grove/grove.html The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
I have a Tascam US-122 that works great in Linux (it does MIDI as well as audio). I think this is discontinued now - I imagine the newer version have probably gained support in Linux as well. (Google is your friend) Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com On 8 February 2013 21:12, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Hi all, I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.htmlhttp://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
I once got a Roland UM-1 from a computer shop in Sydney somewhere, and I have one from Jaycar that works too. It looks a bit differenct to the one they have now, but it says no drivers so should be fine. http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4934 -- Felix On 09/02/13 15:29, Ben Donohue wrote: Thanks Rachel, and all for your help. I'm looking to get something from an overseas website as I went to various electronics places today and no one had anything or not in stock. Now I know what to look for. I think I'll try for a four way as I suppose these things tend to grow once you start to play with them. Pity midi keyboards don't just have a USB port at the back and do away with the round midi plug. That would be so much easier! Ben On 09/02/13 14:15, Rachel Polanskis wrote: Hi Ben, this list here describes a good selection of quality interfaces that work with Linux http://alsa.opensrc.org/USBMidiDevices The question is, how intensive are your requirements? Do you need mulitport MIDI control, filtering or MIDI beat clock for example? If you do, you may need a specific driver and MIDI hardware interface combination, that is supported on your flavour of Linux. You may only require simple 2 way 16 channel MIDI, which would be supported by most driver/hardware configurations. It may be wiser to purchase a more advanced interface that has the smarts to do routing and filtering and receive and transmit MIDI clock. Otherwise, you will end up progressing so far only to find you can't sync your sampler to your sequencer, for example. rachel -- rachel polanskis r.polans...@uws.edu.au mailto:r.polans...@uws.edu.au gr...@zeta.org.au mailto:gr...@zeta.org.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
On Sat, February 9, 2013 3:29 pm, Ben Donohue wrote: Thanks Rachel, and all for your help. I'm looking to get something from an overseas website as I went to various electronics places today and no one had anything or not in stock. Now I know what to look for. I think I'll try for a four way as I suppose these things tend to grow once you start to play with them. Pity midi keyboards don't just have a USB port at the back and do away with the round midi plug. That would be so much easier! There are several of those options on the market too. Try the Korg Nano. Ben On 09/02/13 14:15, Rachel Polanskis wrote: Hi Ben, this list here describes a good selection of quality interfaces that work with Linux http://alsa.opensrc.org/USBMidiDevices The question is, how intensive are your requirements? Do you need mulitport MIDI control, filtering or MIDI beat clock for example? If you do, you may need a specific driver and MIDI hardware interface combination, that is supported on your flavour of Linux. You may only require simple 2 way 16 channel MIDI, which would be supported by most driver/hardware configurations. It may be wiser to purchase a more advanced interface that has the smarts to do routing and filtering and receive and transmit MIDI clock. Otherwise, you will end up progressing so far only to find you can't sync your sampler to your sequencer, for example. rachel -- rachel polanskis r.polans...@uws.edu.au mailto:r.polans...@uws.edu.au gr...@zeta.org.au mailto:gr...@zeta.org.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Linux midi interface
Hi all, I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface (Ben Donohue)
On 09/02/2013, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Ben if you don't get a reasonable answer then mail me. I got an interface online reasonable cost and it just-works (TM) mint, suse, ubuntu Delivery from HK took about 3 days. I can't see the name so if you need I will hunt James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface (Ben Donohue)
On Sat, February 9, 2013 1:00 pm, James Linder wrote: On 09/02/2013, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux and run music learning / composing / sequencing / etc software on it. Anyone care to add some thoughts / experience on what works. Ben if you don't get a reasonable answer then mail me. I got an interface online reasonable cost and it just-works (TM) mint, suse, ubuntu Delivery from HK took about 3 days. I can't see the name so if you need I will hunt USB Edirol is known to work well but actually any device that claims to be usb standards compliant will work. If it doesn't the ALSA developers will be very interested to hear from you and will fix it the driver immediately. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
Thanks Rachel, and all for your help. I'm looking to get something from an overseas website as I went to various electronics places today and no one had anything or not in stock. Now I know what to look for. I think I'll try for a four way as I suppose these things tend to grow once you start to play with them. Pity midi keyboards don't just have a USB port at the back and do away with the round midi plug. That would be so much easier! Ben On 09/02/13 14:15, Rachel Polanskis wrote: Hi Ben, this list here describes a good selection of quality interfaces that work with Linux http://alsa.opensrc.org/USBMidiDevices The question is, how intensive are your requirements? Do you need mulitport MIDI control, filtering or MIDI beat clock for example? If you do, you may need a specific driver and MIDI hardware interface combination, that is supported on your flavour of Linux. You may only require simple 2 way 16 channel MIDI, which would be supported by most driver/hardware configurations. It may be wiser to purchase a more advanced interface that has the smarts to do routing and filtering and receive and transmit MIDI clock. Otherwise, you will end up progressing so far only to find you can't sync your sampler to your sequencer, for example. rachel -- rachel polanskis r.polans...@uws.edu.au mailto:r.polans...@uws.edu.au gr...@zeta.org.au mailto:gr...@zeta.org.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface
On 9 Feb 2013 15:29, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Pity midi keyboards don't just have a USB port at the back and do away with the round midi plug. That would be so much easier! Some do. I have a behringer umx61 that you can connect via USB, works fine with linux. - Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
