> > the specs say they have midi in/out (in addition to usb) so they should > > work with linux, right? > > > > quote: > > > > "MIDI Interface (in/out), USB Interface" > > I have an Oxygen8 and it works fine in Linux if you use the MIDI > interface. You have to buy your own though. It'd be nice to beable to > use the USB interface, but I haven't been able to get that working. The > usb hotplug scripts are kinda opaque.
AFAIK the Oxygen8 does not behave as a standard usb midi device, it uses a "Midiman protocol" instead, so the standard drivers don't know what to do with it. If you connect it and do an lsusb -v you don't see much... -- Fernando