<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > can anyone in ubuntu land tell me how to use my yamaha dx9 with ubuntu <br style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">> studio as Ive tried and this application wont let me load in the driver from <br style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">> the syn so I can use it<div><br></div><div>Ubuntu Studio is an operating system, not an application.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm assuming that you want a patch editor for the DX9? Those are done through MIDI sysex messages, not drivers (at least not device drivers). The patch editor software sends the sysex messages through a standard MIDI cable to the synth, and accepts sysex messages in return.</div><div><br></div><div>So, obviously you'll need a MIDI card for your computer, one that works under Linux. There are lots out there (most cheap USB MIDI devices SHOULD work).</div><div><br></div><div>However, patch editor software is one of the areas of Linux audio that is sorely lacking. I don't know of a single Linux app that is a universal patch librarian, in the manner of Unisyn or Midi Quest. I think that by the time the Linux community discovered music, MIDI was already on its way out...</div><div><br></div><div>The closest I could find is JSynthLib, last beta version released in 2005: </div><div><a href="http://www.jsynthlib.org/">http://www.jsynthlib.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Mark13 has a DX7 editor. I don't know how well that will work for the DX9:</div><div><a href="http://www.mark13.org/dx7">http://www.mark13.org/dx7</a></div><div><br></div><div>Or, if you already have a patch editor for Windows, you can try running it in Wine. I've done that with the patch editor for my Nord MicroModular (with limited success).</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. It's bad etiquette to include the entire email digest in your reply... just sayin'.</div><div><br>-Karlheinz<br>_______________________<br><a href="http://www.khznoise.com">http://www.khznoise.com</a><br></div> <br /><hr />Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. <a href='http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1' target='_new'>Try it now.</a></body> </html>