Another piece of hardware to ponder is the Edirol UM1, it is cheap, pg music sells and supports it, and you get 1 midi out and 1 midi in on usb.

Mine works on my xp boxes and vista without a driver, just plug and play.

My chain goes from Roland-Rogers W50 keyboard, midi out to Ketron SD2 Ketron both out and in to the computer via the UM1 and the thru connector on the Ketron goes to the Roland JV1010. That way I can dial in a patch and play 2 instruments at once. Everything audio goes to a mixer with line out and line in to the computer.


John Conley
Musica est vita