Re: [LAU] MIDI on M-Audio Audiophile 24/96

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:22:20 -0700
Bob van der Poel <bob@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

>
> Is anyone using MIDI on a M-Audio 24/96 (ICE1712) card? I've had one for
> several years and keep using my little USB adapter because the card just
> doesn't work.
>
> Well, it works fine for audio. And it pretends to work for MIDI as well.
> But, after playing a few songs it has a tendency to hang my system.
> Completely. When it hangs the keyboard is frozen; not even the power
> button the computer responds. I have hit <RESET> and then deal with the
> "not cleanly shutdown" stuff later.
>
> When I first got the card I had some discussions on the alsa lists.
> Nothing really happened with that so I assumed that a new version of
> alsa and/or linux would solve things. Well, I've gone though more than a
> few updates and I think this is the 3rd motherboard ... and still the
> same problem.
>
> So, anyone with success? Otherwise I'm going to assume that there is a
> problem with the hardware on the card. But, really it does seem to me to
> be a driver problem. I'd like to dump the USB interface to free up a port.

I've been running one of these without the slightest problem for some
time. Originally on Mandrake 9.1 (yeah, that long ago) but now on
64studio. It's been on two different mobos.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
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