Linux + MIDI

[David Rysdam]

Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com> writes:
> I don't know if this is useful, but I have an old SoundBlaster Extigy
> that I'd be happy to donate. It has MIDI, as well as all sorts of
> other hookups, though I never used them.

I was going to turn this down, thinking it was a sound card (he's
probably migrating to a laptop soon). Turns out it's not a sound card
and I don't know what to do because I can't tell what it *is*.

I read large parts of the manual, but I still don't get it. A mixer? A
standalone MIDI controller?