Hi: Sorry for the general-ness of this message, but I have hooked up my Motu USB MIDI Express XT (thanks to Clemens) to my Linux Planet CCRMA box and it is being seen with everything falling in nicely; and I have the ability to make the connections in Jack. I make them and use a Nord Lead II as my main controller, but I cannot get Muse or Specimen or anything MIDI related to see Midi events. I see the signal coming Out of my Midi XT interface, but something is not seen in the applications. In Muse I register my Midi interface ok, but actually pressing a key and getting anything is a mystery. Could anyone give me some ideas on this one? thank you for any help given, gk p.s.--I wrote Event Electronics a short email (see below) regarding a possible driver for their EZBus mixer/controller unit (a fantastic piece of hardware). Hope I represented the Linux community ok on this. Bash me if I am off on what I wrote :) Hi: I bought an EZBus a couple of years back and I have had a lot of success with it, considering it to be one of the best purchases I have ever made. I use it every day and have no regrets. Also, technical support with you guys has always been really great, maybe the best I have ever experienced (could you guys give MOTU some lessons? ;) But, two issues that I think are a real drag about the EZBus: 1)if a person wants to setup the EZBus for an OSX rig, then the Mix Librarian and Midi Editor for assigning CC's and faders requires a Windows PC! I just don't get this. 2)Not to push the issue, but if you would make a stable driver out of the goodness of your heart and issue it to the Linux community, then follow up with an announcement on the Linux Audio Development/Users mailing list, you would pick up a ton of business. You wouldn't even have to give official support to the Linux users, but a driver for them would swing lots of business your way. A free driver to this community doesn't hurt your company because no one can duplicate the hardware. This is the reason why I WILL purchase an RME or an M-Audio soundcard instead of your EZ8 optical card. I referred a friend of mine to your EZ8 card and he bought one, but he is a Windows user. Needless to say he has been happy with it, but I am amazed that yet another manufacturer can't seem to see that the Linux community is untapped. Most manufacturers just seem to see the dread of writing a Linux driver, but can't see that writing one that is tied to a hardware box (like the EZBus) is a no lose situation. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Ok, I'll get off of my soapbox. I just hate to see a great product limited to a few people, in this case, Windows users. Anyone looking for a small format mixer/controller I would refer to your product (yours is the product to beat as far as I'm concerned), but the above two issues indicate to me that you guys just aren't looking ahead. Hope I haven't been too harsh, thanks for good product that you are making :) gk
