From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 16:43:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75791065672 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:43:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: from outbound.icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0140A8FC12 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:43:57 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EABHHCU98lKav/2dsb2JhbABCrEWBBYFyAQEFOj8QCw0oERQYRLx7iHeCN2MElQiFPzOMXA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,476,1320595200"; d="scan'208";a="66379367" Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.phoenix) ([124.148.166.175]) by outbound.icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 09 Jan 2012 00:43:56 +0800 Received: by smtp.phoenix (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2D9244490; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 03:43:55 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 03:43:55 +1100 From: andrew clarke To: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net Message-ID: <20120108164355.GA68248@ozzmosis.com> References: <20120107150555.BYL92929@ms5.mc.surewest.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120107150555.BYL92929@ms5.mc.surewest.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:43:58 -0000 On Sat 2012-01-07 15:05:55 UTC-0800, leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net (leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net) wrote: > (5) What device driver must be installed for the sound board to be > able to receive a m.i.d.i. over u.s.b. signal? This signal would be > generated by a musician's keyboard, and would control a music > synthesizer application, to be installed. I could find no mention of > this topic in the Handbook. There are USB to MIDI in/out hardware devices available. Last I looked they were selling for about US$25 on eBay. I bought one about two years ago and use it in Ubuntu Linux. I don't think I ever tested if it worked in FreeBSD but I suspect it would. I also have a Casio WK3300 keyboard with USB output. I don't think it was supported by FreeBSD, but Ubuntu Linux (10.04 Lucid) recognised it. The sound card you use is irrelevant as to whether you can use MIDI over USB. In fact MIDI can be used for non-audio applications, for example lighting rigs.