Re: [LAU] e-piano

hollunder@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:48:36 +0200
> <hollunder@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> Aaaand again..
>>
>> I found another option, Yamaha DGX-630.
>> It advertised more as a home/school piano/keyboard but it looks rather
>> good to me. I compared it to the Korg SP-250 today and it's hard for
>> me to say key and sound-wise what's better, but the yamaha has quite a
>> lot more options and plays in the same price range.
>>
>> BUT: It has midi only over usb, so I'm kinda worried that it might
>> need drivers or something.
>> This page lists a lot of their devices as working:
>> http://qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=yamaha
>> Is it safe to assume that the DGX-630 would work as well?
>>
>> I found little info on it and had a little more luck with it's
>> predecessor, DGX-620. It needs drivers on windows and macs.
>> The little I found for linux:
>> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055122961
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if ti works for certain?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Philipp
>>
>
>
> And another answer to myself, sorry for that.
>
> I could borrow a laptop today, went to the store, booted a
> pure:dyne live-CD ("miso") and tested the midi of the DGX-630, aaaand
> it works :)
> I just did a very basic test. By connecting to zynaddsubfx using
> qjackctl and hitting the keys it produced sound.
>
> So yeah, I decided to order that device and got a better deal than
> I would have by ordering from thomann.
>
> I guess adding the device to the alsa and the other usb-device site
> would be a sensible step to do now?
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
>
Congratulations and success practicing! :)

(hands together for Dyne! ;) )

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