Hi there:

Thanks very much for your help. I have got it working now:) Just one minor minor problem. I now can start pd with midi like this:

Pd -mididev 2

But when I add "-mididev 2" into the .pdrc. Pd won't start with the right device, it goes back to -1 as if I have not specified.

Is there a other pdrc file that has higher priority then my .pdrc?

Cheers

CHUN

Message: 6 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:29:19 +0200 From: Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org To: Pd_list pd-list@iem.at Subject: Re: [PD] Setting up USB MIDI in Linux questions............

Hallo, chun lee hat gesagt: // chun lee wrote:

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I am trying to get my midisport to work with my pd on a linux laptop. However, I am a bit confused as to what I would need to do this. I am using Fedora Core 2.

So far, I understand that I need

1. a firmware that will be downloaded to the midisport
2. software to download the firmware to the midisport
3. a usbmidi driver?

3*Yes. I think one good way to setup the Midisport is using the firmware loader from here: http://usb-midi-fw.sf.net which uses the MAudio firmware from their driver CDs.

The README includes detailed instructions. The usbmidi driver is included in ALSA's snd-usb-audio modules. Just make sure, that no OSS modules are loaded (add usbmidi and usbaudio to /etc/hotplug/blacklist or delete the kernel modules)

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And I found these:

1. usbmidi-20040516.tar.gz
2. hotplug hotplug-gtk

My questions are:

1. Is the 'usbmidi-20040516.tar.gz' the firmware? Or the usbmidi driver? Or

are firmware and the driver the same thing?

I think, this package includes both driver (OSS!) and firmware and firmware loader.

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2. I only have one midisport and is shared between my Mac and Linux, once I

have downloaded the firmware into the midisport, would I still be able to use it with Mac OSX. I have read that between XP and Linux, this is ok. How about with Mac OSX?

The firmware is loaded into the device and set it up to be an audio/midi/whatever device. Many USB devices use general purpose chipsets that need to be programmed this way. Many do not, though, and those are generally easier to set up and thus should be a preferred buy.

The driver acts on the operating system side and doesn't know about this firmware issue at all.

The Midisport firmware has to be loaded everytime you switch on the device. If you use it on another OS, like OS-X, then this OS will need to upload the firmware again anyways. So I don't think you will have any problems using the device for both.

Ciao

Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__