Re: [proaudio] Re: New sound card + MIDI input questions

[Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@xxxxxxxxx>]

LAU eh? Guess I'll have to register there then.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only advice I can give is based on my experience:
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> Stay far away from Tascam US-428. I spent 3 years and 4 motherboards
> trying to make this POS work with Linux including help from the author
> of the drivers..
>
> i love my Zoom H-4 (ebay $160) it just worked
> http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1901
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> For midi I have a $20
> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Uno.html
> which works fine (If I reboot I have to unplug and replug.. dunno why
> but not a huge deal)
>
> Matt
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> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Did this mail get through to the list? Was kinda weird to not get any
>>> responses...
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi all! Two questions I've been meaning to ask of you.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at buying myself a new audio interface in the near future, to
>>>> upgrade my little M-Audio MobilePre USB. I've been looking around the
>>>> M-Audio webpage at their other cards, but being fairly new to this
>>>> whole recording thing, I'm not sure exactly what I should be looking
>>>> for. I know I'll need jack inputs and XLR inputs, as I already have on
>>>> the MobilePre, but I'll also be needing MIDI inputs in the future, so
>>>> that should be included. This isn't in any way a professional studio,
>>>> so I won't be needing very many inputs, there will never be an
>>>> opportunity to record many things at once, such as a full drum set.
>>>> Any recommendations? I know only of M-Audio being good for linux, but
>>>> there might be others too that some of you have had good experiences
>>>> with?
>>>>
>>>> Now, it will be a while until I actually buy this new interface, so
>>>> for now I'm stuck without MIDI capabilities. Not that I have gotten
>>>> ahold of any MIDI synth or such yet, but I still want to start
>>>> experimenting with various programs that need MIDI input, so the
>>>> question is thus: What program can I use to plot in notes, and use as
>>>> input to any other programs, for creating sounds? Or any other good
>>>> method you can tell me about for creating MIDI input without actually
>>>> having a MIDI capable device.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Arve
>>>>
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>> I think I saw it but didn't have anything to say. No experience with
>> that device. Anyway, your message did get through.
>>
>> I suspect you'll do better with this question on LAU. Here you'll only
>> get the subset of us that are using Gentoo. There you get all distros.
>> I suspect that everyone subscribed to this list is also subscribed
>> there.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Mark
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