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

[Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

The only advice I can give is based on my experience:

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

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

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
>>>
>
> 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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