Re: Support for Novation SL Mk II ?

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On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:07:35AM -0700, Michael Ost wrote:
> Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>> Michael Ost wrote:
>>> I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II keyboard with my 
>>> fedora based linux system. The specs for the keyboard  
>>> (http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the 
>>> USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only  
>>> provided for Windows and MacOS.
>>>
>>> Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
>>>
>>> Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not 
>>> class compliant in Linux?
>>
>> That depends on what protocol the device uses.
>>
>> Other Novation devices are supported; if this device uses the same
>> protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
>> ID to the driver.
>
> I have some contacts at Novation, so I'll ask.
>
> Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name nova\*" in  
> my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply!
>

I absolutely hate it when companies do stuff like this.

I've been happy with my Novation keyboard, but I will not buy equipment from them again.

-ken
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