>Hi Clemmens, > > From what I've learned so far, routing MIDI through the "through" port may be my only options. Apparently Alsa does not support the hardware synth on the CS64XX (Turtle Beach Santa Cruz) sound card. Routing to the external sound module appears to be neccessary, and was my ultimate goal anyhow. thanks, Phil > > >>When I did the aconnect -i and aconnect -o I didn't see any of the >>through-ports - bad sign? >> >> > >No; you don't need any Through port unless you want to route MIDI data >in complicated ways. If you really want it, you can load the >snd-seq-dummy module manually (newer versions of ALSA load it by >default). > > >HTH >Clemens > > > >