Linux + MIDI

[Mac]

Yeah, well, midi on linux...fun, fun, fun.

Well there has to be a device available that had the MIDI hardware
interface.

Then you need something to drive it.

I use JACK. But it can be done with ALSA.

Best to install UBUNTU Studio, probably, after you get a MIDI port.

Some sound cards have them. The usb to MIDI dongles are inexpensive.

Mac

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:11 PM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:

> My son, Evan, is into computers and music. He's got an electronic piano
> that he says has MIDI out. All our computers are running Linux. I know
> basically nothing about MIDI. Does anyone have any experience hooking
> these up?
>
> I decided there must be such a thing as a MIDI/USB adapter, but looking
> them up they mention drivers and stuff. 'apt-cache search midi usb'
> finds 2 hits, one of which is about temperature sensors(?). Is there
> some standard I should be looking for? Will any of the MIDI-supporting
> packages be able to read from the USB port?
>
> What, basically, is the deal with Linux and MIDI?
>
> (Also, is that maddog that I see cruising around with the "FREESW" real
> license plate and "LINUX" fake one?)
> _______________________________________________
> gnhlug-discuss mailing list
> gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/private/gnhlug-discuss/attachments/20140920/6afbaf79/attachment.html