Great, and you didn't require drivers for the pcicard?, then there should be no problem :), thx. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Beldon Dominello <<a href="mailto:beldon@ourbrokenhome.com">beldon@ourbrokenhome.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have an M-Audio Delta 1010, which uses a PCI card to interface with the audio/MIDI connector and it's worked out of the box with no additional drivers required (although the unit was installed when I first installed UBS). M-Audio releases their drivers through a third party, but they are "true" OEM drivers.     -=Beldon <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:15 +1300, Atom Smasher wrote: > i could be wrong here, someone feel free to jump in and correct what i > think i've found... > > it seems like the m-audio (2x2, 4x4) adapters work, but require drivers > that aren't supported by the manufacturer. > > it seems like the tapco link.midi 4x4 works out of the box, and the street > price is close to (or less than) the m-audio 2x2. it also seems a little > bit tougher (recessed front/rear panels, rubber padding) and a little > better designed, overall (different color LEDs for input/output/power, > kensington lock hole). of course, i'm just looking at pictures on the > 'net, so i could be off by a tad ;) > > ideologically, i'm also leaning towards the mackie because it seems to > "just work". i'd rather spend my money with a company that's following > standards, rather than a company that uses proprietary drivers and merely > tolerates linux users developing an independent driver, with no company > support (if i understand it correctly). > > it even looks like the tapco firmware upgrades are just a sysex file... so > i wouldn't expect any problems using amidi to upgrade the firmware. that's > actually two points they've scored; in addition to using sysex for > upgrades, they have upgrades!! > > like i said, this is based on a few minutes googling, and may not > accurately reflect reality. > > if anyone can comment on these (or other!) usb/midi adapters... please > do... > > thanks... > > > -- >          ...atom > >   ________________________ >   <a href="http://atom.smasher.org/" target="_blank">http://atom.smasher.org/</a> >   762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 >   ------------------------------------------------- > >       "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is >        our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." >               -- George "dubya" Bush, 13 Sep 2001 > >       "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't >        care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." >               -- George "dubya" Bush, 13 Mar 2002 > > </div></div> -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div>