On 2/6/06, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > jmacdermott@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have read a little bit about the support for M-Audio stuff under Alsa using > > some non-opensource drivers, > > Many M-Audio USB devices require a firmware download before they can be > used with the (standard) driver. See <http://usb-midi-fw.sf.net/>. > > > but I was wondering if anyone who has used this (or a similar M-Audio > > USB MIDI controller) can recommend it to me? > > Controllers from Edirol or Evolution (the latter was bought by M-Audio) > work out of the box. > > > HTH > Clemens > I also bought a Creative/E-MU Xboard49 and it worked right after I plugged it into my USB port, using Ubuntu Breezy. Creative themselves told me it wouldn't work, as well as other posts on mailing lists I saw on the net. Well, someone did some work since then. At that time I only wanted a decent MIDI controller and didn't care about USB. It's just an extra bonus to me that it works. :) Dana
