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Hyperonanyone know much about soundcards that play well with Linux? (looking to buy a MIDI controller)05:27
holsteinHyperon: o/05:28
holsteinHyperon: im heading out05:28
holsteintry over in #opensourcemusicians though05:28
holsteini have a presonus firepod05:28
Hyperonthanks for your help05:28
holsteinworks well05:28
holsteinand i got http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Converter-Music-Keyboard-Window/dp/B0017H4EBG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299703370&sr=8-105:29
holsteingot a couple of those05:29
holsteinhere are the usual places to look05:29
holsteinhttp://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main05:29
holsteinfor pci and USB05:29
holsteinand for firewire.. http://www.ffado.org/?q=devicesupport/list05:29
Hyperonany reason why either of pci/usb/firewire is superior?05:30
holsteindepends05:30
holsteinif you want to use it on a laptop05:31
holsteinPCI is out05:31
holsteinand USB is just not appropriate in my opinion05:31
holsteinbut some of the devices are really nice05:31
holsteinlike the zoomH405:31
holsteinno midi on the zoom though05:32
Hyperonthat's what i want the most, for it to play well with a midi controller05:33
holsteinwhat controller?05:33
holsteinit'll just be the audio device05:33
holsteinit wont care what you're sending it05:33
holsteinand midi triggers sound anywyas05:33
holsteinanyways*05:33
holsteinif you're just wanting to work with MIDI05:34
Hyperonwell, i haven't picked one out yet05:34
holsteinand not sending audio into the machine05:34
holsteinjust use the internal card05:34
holsteini have an maudio 4905:34
holsteinits plug and play05:34
holsteinUSB05:34
holsteini also have a nice weighted alesis qs8.105:35
Hyperoni am new to all this, so i'm just guessing around. but what i want is to be able to use a midi, take its sounds, do things to them with software05:35
holsteinHyperon: you dont *need* an audio interface for that05:35
holsteinand i would suggest not getting one til you know what all you need05:35
holsteinjust learn about JACK05:35
holsteinand get a controller05:36
holsteinor, just use qwerty05:36
Hyperoni see. i was under the impression that not any sound card can handle the latencies necessary05:36
holsteinand see what you need05:36
Hyperonwhy is JACK central to this?05:36
holsteinwell, JACK is the tool05:36
holsteinits the hub05:36
holsteinand its also *more* important in getting low latency05:37
holsteinthan whatever sound card05:37
Hyperoni see05:38
holsteineither way05:38
holsteinyou'll need to learn JACK05:38
holsteinand thats not trivial05:38
holsteini would suggest messing with the software05:38
holsteinand learning a bit about the synths and sequencers05:39
holsteinthen, see exactly what your needs are05:39
holsteinso you can get what you need :)05:39
Hyperonit's just that... i don't know what kinds of sounds i can produce, so having a device that "just makes sounds" is what i felt i needed05:40
Hyperonyou're saying i should read about JACK plugins and such?05:40
holsteinHyperon: you mean an external sound module?05:41
holsteini thought you were looking for a controller05:41
holsteinif you get a sound module05:41
Hyperonyes05:41
holsteinand a controller05:41
holsteinand a sequencer05:41
Hyperoni don't know what an external sound module is05:41
holsteinyou dont really need a computer05:41
holsteinHyperon: right05:41
holsteinso you need to hang in #opensourcemusicians05:41
holsteinand ask quetsions05:41
holsteinand hold off on buying anything05:41
holsteinan external sound module is just that05:42
holsteinits a 'brain'05:42
holsteina box that makes sounds05:42
holsteinvia MIDI05:42
Hyperonalright, i'm willing to listen and learn for a while05:43
Hyperoni'm even willing to buy a "... for dummies" type book, that covers personal music production05:44
Hyperonand since borders is closing... this might be a good time05:45
holsteinHyperon: i dont think you'll find what you need at borders05:45
holsteinbut, there are some blogs05:45
holsteinand good knowlegable MIDI users in #OSM05:45
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