On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 07:30, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > I'd like to gain some hands-on knowledge on setting up a MIDI > interface from my laptop to external gear. eBay lists a lot of USB MIDI > interfaces, but I'd like to know what users on the list recommend for an > inexpensive 1x1 or 2x2 box. > > I'm also looking for a serial port interface, probably one of the Key > Midiator boxes. There's one on eBay now, but I'm being outbid on it by > someone who obviously wants it more than I do. If anyone has one to sell > please let me know, and I'd also like to know of anyone's experience > with the Midiator. > > Finally, is there such a beast as a PCMCIA MIDI interface card ? Audio > cards I know about, but I don't recall ever seeing such a creature as a > PCMCIA MIDI card. > > TIA! > > dp > > Hi Dave, I have a MidiSport 2x2. THe firmware loading thing has never caused me too much concern as I use it on the Planet box and Fernando has made that fairly easy. I had, for a long while, so problems with the thing not working on a cold boot, and also problems caused by dual booting as Windows would load firmware and Linux would find it as a new device. Overall it's performace is basically OK, although I think the MIDI timing under Linux was not quite as stable as the same hardware under Windows. In both cases I use the box as a platform for soft synths. Under Linux I've had more problems with notes being a bit out of time and once in a while completely missed, although that has not happened in a long time. I think it's hard to beat the price of this little unit unless you found a small USB 1-port of some type. Take care, Mark
