Adrian Gschwend wrote: > I am finaly rebuilding my studio based on Linux-only apps so I need some > compatible hardware as well for my Synths. I still have quite a lot of MIDI > devices so I am looking for HW with as many MIDI I/O's as possible. The biggest interfaces have 8 inputs and 8 outputs. Two 4x4 interfaces might be cheaper than one 8x8 interface because the 8x8 interfaces have built-in MIDI patch bay functionality. > Actually I don't care how I have to connect them to my PC but I > would prefer an USB device or a PCI card. AFAIK there are no pure PCI MIDI interfaces. Many PCI sound cards include a MIDI interface, but often only as a gameport connector, so you'd need a separate gameport <-> MIDI interface cable. The following 8x8 USB MIDI interfaces are supported in Linux: ESI Miditerminal M8U <http://www.esi-pro.com/viewProduct.php?pid=20> Edirol UM-880 <http://www.edirol.com/products/info/um880.html> M-Audio MidiSport 8x8 <http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.main&ID=66fc0423c8451084ba0c8f3f0b068fe1> and <http://usb-midi-fw.sourceforge.net/> Interfaces from Emagic (AMT8 and Unitor8), MOTU (MIDI Express xt/128), and Steinberg (Midex 8) are not supported. HTH Clemens
