S'cuse me if I'm highjackin a bit but ok?!, so someone mentioned firewires; I was thinkin of buying a new computer, a laptop, problem is; it's got none!(no firewire), but I was thinkin that it's got an expansion(Expresscard/54), I've found such firewireexpresscards and I was wondering; is there going to be a problem in linux, do I need somekind of drivers for the expresscard?
Anyways, I'm a bit intrested in using midi to for my beatmachines, I'm gona look it up a bit and post what I find... //Rob On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Atom Smasher <[email protected]> wrote: > i could be wrong here, someone feel free to jump in and correct what i > think i've found... > > it seems like the m-audio (2x2, 4x4) adapters work, but require drivers > that aren't supported by the manufacturer. > > it seems like the tapco link.midi 4x4 works out of the box, and the street > price is close to (or less than) the m-audio 2x2. it also seems a little > bit tougher (recessed front/rear panels, rubber padding) and a little > better designed, overall (different color LEDs for input/output/power, > kensington lock hole). of course, i'm just looking at pictures on the > 'net, so i could be off by a tad ;) > > ideologically, i'm also leaning towards the mackie because it seems to > "just work". i'd rather spend my money with a company that's following > standards, rather than a company that uses proprietary drivers and merely > tolerates linux users developing an independent driver, with no company > support (if i understand it correctly). > > it even looks like the tapco firmware upgrades are just a sysex file... so > i wouldn't expect any problems using amidi to upgrade the firmware. that's > actually two points they've scored; in addition to using sysex for > upgrades, they have upgrades!! > > like i said, this is based on a few minutes googling, and may not > accurately reflect reality. > > if anyone can comment on these (or other!) usb/midi adapters... please > do... > > thanks... > > > -- > ...atom > > ________________________ > http://atom.smasher.org/ > 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 > ------------------------------------------------- > > "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is > our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." > -- George "dubya" Bush, 13 Sep 2001 > > "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't > care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." > -- George "dubya" Bush, 13 Mar 2002 > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >
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