[Scottish] Re: Scottish Digest, Vol 13, Issue 11 (soundcards thing)

Sun Dec 28 18:11:42 GMT 2003

On Wednesday 24 December 2003 4:33 pm, kenny scott wrote:
> Soundcard issue
>
> I have a new soundcard, which is an M-audio Audiohpile 2496.
>
> to my dismay!! I bought the wrong bloody Midi cable for it, so I can't
> connect uit Yet to my midi keyboard.
>
> however I can connect my keyboard to my onboard soundcard?

Assuming you're using AC97 sound, this should not be too much of a problem. 
You don't say which distro you use, so this may not be relevant, but a bit ot 
Googling around got me a couple of links, including this about configuring in 
SuSE
http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3830 , this for 
mandrake
http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/expert/2002-02/msg01423.php and this which 
is a bit more detailed
http://www.ale.org/archive/ale/ale-2000-11/msg00187.html

I had this configured a while ago on my system - AC97 and an SB Live Value 
(yes, I am ashamed ... how is the M-audio 2496? I use a MidiMan Delta 1010 at 
work, and it's excellent, but I use it under Win2K with Cubase), and had no 
probs. Since I didn't have a need for both, I disabled the motherboard sound 
to save on system resources.

Sorry, I've no experience of using the MIDI ports on either under Linux.

Neil.
>
> My question, can I have two soundcards running simutaniously? all I need
> the onboard soudncard is for the midi/joyport so I can connect it to my
> midi Keyboard!
>
> Any taker?
>

> On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 12:15, scottish-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
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> >    1. Re: IRC Debate logs (William Anderson)
> >    2. Re: Forming New LUG (ptb)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 08:27:20 +0000
> > From: William Anderson <neuro at well.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Scottish] IRC Debate logs
> > To: SLUG-list <scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> > Tony Dyer wrote:
> > > Nice to see how you act when someone challenges your views.
> > > So your colours are showed true here.
> > > Tony Dyer.
> > >
> > > [entire previous message including irc log snippage]
> >
> > If you are going to suggest list membership be a prerequisite for LUG
> > membership and communication, can you at least trim previous replies in
> > your posts to the list? :(
> >
> > --
> > _ __/|   ___  ___ __ _________ "When Microsoft Office is your only
> > hammer, \`O_o'  / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ pretty much everything begins to
> > look like =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/  \___/ a nail. Or a thumb." -- Rob
> > Pegoraro U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt!     neuro at well dot com 
> > http://neuro.me.uk/
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:56:57 +0000
> > From: ptb <p.bracken at connectfree.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Scottish] Forming New LUG
> > To: SLUG-list <scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Message-ID: <20031224095657.342ed9d3.p.bracken at connectfree.co.uk>
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> >
> > Hallo all : -
> >
> > Regarding talk of "further fragmenting the Scottish LUG
> > community" this allegation assumes at least three things : -
> > 1	That Tony's proposed new UG would be under the LUG umbrella;
> > 2	That one could not be in both a LUG and the pnUG (so as in
> > religious and political mainstreams and sects);
> > 3	That fragmentation is bad in itself and that Tony forking off
> > in despair (if he does) couldn't lead anywhere for the rest.
> >
> > Assumes, I say, but I was told in recent years that to ASSUME
> > makes an ASS of U and ME.
> >
> > For the current record where is there a brief history of
> > ScotLUG's early days please?
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 08:17:45 +0000
> >
> > William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:
> > > Tony Dyer wrote:
> > > > I have become increasingly disaffected by the lack of progress and
> > > > decisions the charting SLUG's future. As such I intend to form a
> > > > distinct UG, in the Greater Glasgow Area, devoted to a broad range of
> > > > Open Source as well as Linux issues and taking in user as well as
> > > > technical views. If anyone is interested in joining me please contact
> > > > me at UG at dyer.demon.co.uk. I wish those who continue with SLUG every
> > > > success in the future. My Heart and Head are no longer with my
> > > > co-creation.
> > >
> > > This kind of response is disappointing to say the least.  A lack of
> > > progress and decisions regarding the LUG in the middle of December is
> > > hardly something to get worked up about - this is a time when most
> > > people are winding down and are possibly away from keyboards.
> > >
> > > Some good comments have been made over the last couple of weeks, and
> > > while formalised progress hasn't been decided upon, I think it's only
> > > fair to mull over further comments and thoughts over the holiday
> > > period.  I notice that you didn't participate in the discussion which
> > > you yourself initiated on the 9th - any reason for that?  You could
> > > have guided that thread to engage and enliven LUG members to be more
> > > proactive, but you didn't - why? You changed your mind from offering to
> > > turn up at meetings and do some content for the website at around half
> > > past eight on Monday night to forming another Glasgow LUG at about half
> > > past ten.  If you attribute your change of heart to some indigestion
> > > after your dinner, I can somewhat understand, but otherwise it just
> > > smacks of impatience and offhanded irritation.
> > >
> > > If you feel that your only way forward is to abandon the existing LUG
> > > and attempt to form a new one, then good luck to you, but it seems an
> > > extremely rash and ill-mannered decision to make.  If you want to take
> > > charge of something and take it forward, why not do so with the
> > > existing LUG instead of creating a new LUG, fragmenting the community?
> > >
> > > I suggested earlier in the month that the community that is ScotLUG
> > > become GLUG, retaining the current membership, times, goals, etc, and
> > > the ScotLUG "brand" be used as an umbrella organisation to help bring
> > > together the LUG communities in Scotland.  You are suggesting further
> > > fragmenting the Scottish LUG community - can we have more details
> > > reasons why you feel this is necessary?
> > >
> > > Please don't take any of these comments as an attack - I genuinely
> > > would like to hear your answers to my questions, and any other comments
> > > you wish to make to make your position and thinking clearer.  if you
> > > still feel your only course of action is to fragment the community, I
> > > again wish you luck and also a guid new year.
> > >
> > > --
> > > _ __/|   ___  ___ __ _________ "When Microsoft Office is your only
> > > hammer, \`O_o'  / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ pretty much everything begins
> > > to look like =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/  \___/ a nail. Or a thumb." --
> > > Rob Pegoraro U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt!     neuro at well dot com 
> > > http://neuro.me.uk/
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