Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
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Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Hi all,
I recently bought a midi to usb converter, but can't get it working; I started to look at the m-audio midisport (which I used to own and after 2 house moves, now just cannot find anywhere), but the prices are comparable to this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M-Audio-E-Keys-37 ... ontrollers
...so I have searched round a bit, and a few people mention the same model with extra keys working on Linux, so I was wondering if anyone knows if this would work?
I recently bought a midi to usb converter, but can't get it working; I started to look at the m-audio midisport (which I used to own and after 2 house moves, now just cannot find anywhere), but the prices are comparable to this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M-Audio-E-Keys-37 ... ontrollers
...so I have searched round a bit, and a few people mention the same model with extra keys working on Linux, so I was wondering if anyone knows if this would work?
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
No reason on Earth why it wouldn't so far as I can see. I have an old Casio with midi in/out. Works just fine.
Hope this helps?
Chipfryer.
Hope this helps?
Chipfryer.
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Do you use a midi-to-usb converter? Which one?
This is straight to USB which is why I was wondering if it would work - of course, the spec says Windows XP through 7 drivers and MacOSX, but no mention of Linux as usual.
I was wondering if anyone had any dealings with these direct midi controllers?
This is straight to USB which is why I was wondering if it would work - of course, the spec says Windows XP through 7 drivers and MacOSX, but no mention of Linux as usual.
I was wondering if anyone had any dealings with these direct midi controllers?
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
http://www.m-audio.ca/products/en_ca/eKeys37.html
It's a class-compliant device so should work out of the box in Linux.
It's a class-compliant device so should work out of the box in Linux.
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Lovely - thank you.
Is there any way to find out if this is class-complient:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-MIDI-Keyboard ... oftware_SM
I have one of these at home, but I couldn't get it working.
Is there any way to find out if this is class-complient:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-MIDI-Keyboard ... oftware_SM
I have one of these at home, but I couldn't get it working.
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Could you plug it in, open a terminal, enter aplay -l && lsusb and post the result here?
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Will do - am at work at the moment, but the moment I get home, I'll plug the bugger in! 

Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Hi, am home now, so:
It seems that I can see the device in the lsusb but not in aplay - is this bad?
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dave@dave-studio32:~$ aplay -l && lsusb
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: M1010LT [M Audio Delta 1010LT], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15ca:0101 Textech International Ltd.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
It seems that I can see the device in the lsusb but not in aplay - is this bad?
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dchurch24 wrote:Code: Select all
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15ca:0101 Textech International Ltd.
Added it to https://usb-ids.gowdy.us
dchurch24 wrote:It seems that I can see the device in the lsusb but not in aplay - is this bad?
Not per se: I don't think it should show up in aplay.
Does it show up in /proc/asound/cards ? http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-c ... /3/1/25070 suggests something was improved to usbmidi relatively recently - hard to see in what version of the kernel(modules) this ended up though.
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
Hi, thanks for that, much appreciated.
Sadly, it doesn't show up in asound/cards, the only one listed is my m-audio card.
Sadly, it doesn't show up in asound/cards, the only one listed is my m-audio card.
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cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [M1010LT ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Delta 1010LT
M Audio Delta 1010LT at 0xbc00, irq 17
dave@dave-studio32:/proc$
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
It's a midi input device, so why should it show up as a sound card? Does it show up on the alsa midi pane in qjackctl?
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04

My bad, I meant amidi -l instead of aplay -l.
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
curious, what is 10.04???
rosegarden??
rosegarden??
Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
funkmuscle wrote:curious, what is 10.04???
rosegarden??
Ubuntu?
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Re: Will this midi-keyboard work in 10.04
oh... not my cup of tea.....
thanx for the answer.
But, if it does work on other distros, should be no issue for Ubuntu, shouldn't it???
thanx for the answer.
But, if it does work on other distros, should be no issue for Ubuntu, shouldn't it???
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