On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:57:31 +0000, Q wrote > On 06/02/13 22:22, Al Thompson wrote: > > On 02/06/2013 03:43 PM, Folderol wrote: > >> Does anyone have any experience of using a MIDI-over-USB dumb keyboard? > >> Does it need special drivers or can I just plug it in and have it automatically > >> found by my machine? > >> > > > > If it's a simple class-compliant controller, it will just show up. If > > it has a bunch of features built-in, or isn't class-compliant, it could > > be a different story. I've used an M-Audio Oxygen, and it worked fine. > > But I also tried an Alesis, and it didn't work so well. > > I've used both an Edirol PC-50 and an M-Audio Keystation 88ES and > both worked flawlessly. In general, I'd agree - jut onbe word of caucion: I use an M-Audio Axiom whose USB implementation has one serious bug: it _only_ works with a direct (i.e. no-hub) connection between keyboard and host controller (a documented _feature_ of the device. Yes, it's mentioned in the manual ...). Sometimes that can be a nasty showstopper when used with laptops/netbooks with limited USB ports. Even worse, the USB ports on my IBM's docking station look like an USB hub to the device - no way to have the keyboard hooked up to the docking station (and that was one reason to buy the dock in the first place). HTH Ralf Mattes > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user -- R. Mattes - Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg rm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
