On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, simone-www.io-lab.org wrote: > ...can you solder an smd chip? ===============
if i have to. why? > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Atom Smasher <a...@smasher.org> wrote: >> brief introduction: i've been playing with hardware synths for ~15 years, >> and i've been running freeBSD on my desktop for almost that long. i have >> ideological reasons for not using closed-source OSes. >> >> i recently installed ubuntu-studio on a desktop, and it seems like a step >> in the right direction for integrating my hardware synths with a (mostly) >> FOSS environment. >> >> i've got a very solid understanding of midi in the hardware world, but the >> software is new to me and i'm not sure where to start. i'm having a hard >> time finding any recent how-to guides and it seems like a steep learning >> curve to sort out alsa, dssi, vst, ladspa, jack, etc, and how they all fit >> in together... if anyone can point me to some current doco on "all that >> stuff"...? >> >> and i recently bought what seems to be the worlds cheapest usb-midi >> adapter. when i connect it to my pc1600x, i have to add >40uS delay per >> byte, or else amidi doesn't get to see all of what's coming in. at least, >> a delay of 40uS/byte lets the computer receive a complete sysex dump >> (~19K), but i'm still loosing a lot of CC info when i move sliders on the >> pc1600x (verified with a few different midi monitors). this seems like a >> problem with the usb-midi adapter having too small a buffer... even using >> amidi to monitor the input from the usb adapter (pc1600x --> usb adapter), >> and using the pc1600x just to send control change messages, a lot of it is >> not getting past the adapter. if i use the usb port on my controller >> keyboard (bypassing the cheap usb-midi adapter), and turn a knob, >> EVERYTHING comes through. so, what should i be looking for in a >> low-end/entry-level usb-midi adapter that can handle large sysex dumps and >> plays well with linux? >> >> thanks... -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "Fascism is capitalism in decay." -- Nikolai Lenin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users