On 02/07/2013 10:56 AM, R. Mattes wrote:
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
Really? My M-Audio Axiom 25 works flawlessly through a hub (2006 model)
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