Great, and you didn't require drivers for the pcicard?, then there should be no problem :), thx.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Beldon Dominello <[email protected]>wrote: > I have an M-Audio Delta 1010, which uses a PCI card to interface with > the audio/MIDI connector and it's worked out of the box with no > additional drivers required (although the unit was installed when I > first installed UBS). > > M-Audio releases their drivers through a third party, but they are > "true" OEM drivers. > > -=Beldon > > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:15 +1300, Atom Smasher 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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