I've got an old Diamond S90 that's gathering dust, you're welcome to have it for free. It stopped having windows support ages ago, and I've got no idea if it's got Linux support at all, but it is PCI, and it has got a game port. Matt -----Original Message----- From: main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Steve Engledow Sent: 14 May 2007 11:29 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] MIDI I've decided it's about time I got back into playing with MIDI so I've been trying to work out the best way to get things working and I've come up with two options: 1) Does anyone have a spare PCI sound card with joystick port that they'd be willing to part with? I have coin. ;) 2) Does anyone have a better suggestion? Are there, for example, any USB midi devices that work well with linux? TVM and all that. S _______________________________________________ main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 11:28 +0100, Steve Engledow wrote:

I've decided it's about time I got back into playing with MIDI so I've been trying to work out the best way to get things working and I've come up with two options:

2) Does anyone have a better suggestion? Are there, for example, any USB midi devices that work well with linux?

I ended up with an M-AUDIO MIDISPORT 2x2[1]. My setup: Keyboard <--midi din--> Midisport <--midi din--> ExternalSynth <--usb--> laptop I only briefly played with Rosegarden under Linux, as I remember there was some firmware required[2]. Most of the time I don't bother with the laptop, so it's passes Midi-In to Midi-Out (this can be toggled on the box itself). I did have a play with taking Midi-In in via USB to Rosegarden, then back out over USB and out again to Midi-Out and the external synth. Adam [1] http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MIDISPORT2x2-main.html [2] http://opensores.shiftfocus.ca/the-midisport-2x2-linux-howto/