Joel Roth wrote: > Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 05:22:46PM +0000, andy baxter wrote: > >> Is there a usb standard for midi keyboards which linux knows about? The >> other thing I'm looking into is a friend of mine has a Nord Electro 61 >> which he wants to be able to play into his linux machine. It has a usb >> out - is there a reasonable chance that if I just plugged it in with a >> standard usb cable I could get it working? >> > > Hi Andy, > > The Nord is a great instrument, a poor man's alternative to > a B3. At a time when I was looking for an organ to play > with, I was thinking of a Nord, or figuring out how to get > the beatrix B3 emulator to work for me. (Anyone corresponded > with the developer lately?) > > According to the advertising blurbs, the USB in the Nord is > for _downloading_ new sets of instrument samples. The MIDI > interface is an _input_ for connecting a second keyboard. So > it seems that the only certain way for your friend to play > into his linux machine would be via an analog out into a > decent soundcard's line in. > It's a lovely keyboard for sure. I think things aren't quite as bad as you're saying - from memory it has both MIDI in and out connectors, so will probably play through a MIDI cable. But you're probably right about the usb interface - I found the manual on line and it sounds like it's just for loading samples. andy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
