Re: [Alsa-user] serial MIDI problem

2004-01-31 Thread cilantro04
>> In short, I've driven midi stuff from a serial port and it worked pretty >> good, but without some sort of an opto-isolated bit of hardware to adapt >> the electricals, I've never managed to receive a single byte of midi on my >> systems. It's clear that it's easier to send MIDI through the se

Re: [Alsa-user] serial MIDI problem

2004-01-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 31 January 2004 12:27, Cilantro wrote: >I've been unable to get my Yamaha P-80 electric piano hooked up to > my Dell laptop (Inspiron 8000 running RH9). I'm trying to use the > serial port; my sound card has no MIDI port. With both OSS and > ALSA, I can play MIDI files to the piano ju

[Alsa-user] serial MIDI problem

2004-01-31 Thread Cilantro
I've been unable to get my Yamaha P-80 electric piano hooked up to my Dell laptop (Inspiron 8000 running RH9). I'm trying to use the serial port; my sound card has no MIDI port. With both OSS and ALSA, I can play MIDI files to the piano just fine, but can't go the other way; I'd like to be able t