Alesis Vortex Wireless keytar controller.

[globetrotterdk]

I am considering purchasing an Alesis Vortex Wireless keytar controller. The Alesis Vortex keytar works with Mac and PC and of course should work with Linux. There seems to be a complete lack of independent technical information about this version of the keytar, however there is some for the earlier, wired version: http://practicalusage.com/?p=781. I see that eventually Alesis updated the firmware and added a proprietary programming editor for the original version. I assume that the same is available in the new version, but lack info. The question is whether it would be possible to program the patches somehow in Linux. There are some possible clues in the following post: http://practicalusage.com/?p=799

Any advice or experience with this project would be appreciated.

[bailey1811]

http://xkcd.com/979/