I've just bought an A-800Pro. It doesn't seem to work with Linux out of the box, but it works fine with USB advanced mode disabled. I think making it work in advanced mode should only require a trivial kernel patch (hardcoding the USB model number as it was done for the Edirol PCR series midi controllers, now replaced by the Cakewalk A-PRO series). I didn't try that yet. The A-Pro keyboards can be configured to work as USB-midi interfaces for connecting midi equipment to the computer via the midi in and midi out sockets, besides sending midi codes via USB from the keyboard and controls. The A-300Pro and A-500Pro work the same way. I'm not sure about the A-500S: you should download the manual, study it and then try-before-you-buy... unless somebody else comes up. Ciao, Guido Il giorno ven, 20/08/2010 alle 20.47 +0200, ~redShadow~ [ML] ha scritto: > Hi all > > I am interested in buying a midi keyboard plus some "device to get midi > signal on my computer". > > I was looking on the roland/edirol website, since I heard that hw from > that brand is usually well supported by Linux, when I found the Cakewalk > A-500S USB Midi Keyboard, that seems quite interesting to me. > > Does anyone own one? If so, I'd like to ask the owner(s) some details > about the compaitibility of this device with Linux, if everything works > well or there are any known issues / lacks of functionality; I see an > USB connector on the side: when connecting to a computer, I guess that > it should be recognised directly as a Midi device? Or I need a USB Midi > interface, like the UM-1G or similar? > > Best regards _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
