> (cross posted to beginners and audio)
>
> Hello everybody. I'm developing a project for which I need a MIDI music
> keyboard as input. I started out on a Windows box, and all the components
> seemed to be there. I've since swapped to Ubuntu, and it seems that the MIDI
> support is a problem.
>
> >From here:
> http://www.nabble.com/Midi-Input-with-Squeak-tf3749891.html#a10596965 I see
> that Eric asked the same question in May, without resolution.
>
> It appears that what I need to do is to build a vm with the MIDI plug-in -
> http://www.nabble.com/modules,-plugins,-primitives,-and-MIDIPlugin-t3728328.html 
>
> However, from here:
> http://www.nabble.com/modules%2C-plugins%2C-primitives%2C-and-MIDIPlugin-tf3728328.html#a10453224   
> it looks like even with a vm build I may not get MIDI in.
>
> As a newbie, I'm not too keen to get into vm building just yet.
>
> So my question is/are, is there any image available with MIDI support? If
> not, is the build thing a big undertaking? Are there any other creative
> approaches (e.g. use an old version of Siren, wait for Siren port proposed
> at http://www.nabble.com/Siren-on-Squeak-tf3802040.html)? Is my analysis of
> the state of play correct?
>
> Thanks for any help- I really don't want to have to go back to Windows, or
> worse to Java.
>
> Stan
>
>
> PS I tried the Etoys/OLPC image, SimpleMIDIPort midiIsSupported  returns
> false there too. On Windows image it returns true.
>