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PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:44 am    Post subject: MIDI keyboard -> Dell Inspiron 8200 Reply with quote

Sorry, it's a little off-topic.
I'm going to get a simple MIDI controller keyboard so I can record tunes in trackers and whatnot, but I'm worried about how I'm going to connect the keyboard to my laptop. I have USB/serial/parallel ports -- do I get some cable with an adapter or what? Thanks much in advance.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:26 am    Post subject: MIDI Keyboard Reply with quote

Sorry about this being a little late in coming, but there is a converter that has two MIDI plugs on one end and a parallel port plug on the other. I think that this is what you'd need, but how to get it working in Linux is beyond me. I've only ever used such a device under Winblows.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Three other options:

1) Get a keyboard with an 8 pin mini-DIN serial 'to host' connector, then compile ALSA with the snd_serial driver and link them with an ordinary null modem cable.

2) Buy a serial to MIDI adaptor, or make your own.

3) Buy a USB MIDI adaptor.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

USB MIDI adapters actually exist? This would be a great help to me, since I use Gentoo on a "Legacy-Free" laptop without a parallel, serial, or PS/2 port. Can you tell us where to find one?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always assumed that USB MIDI adaptors exist, just like I've always assumed that the Sydney Opera House exists, even though I've never seen it in person :)

Try a Google search. I'm pretty sure they are readily available.
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