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The Yamaha MODX Music Synthesizer and Linux

Capabilities

The Yamaha MODX Music Synthesizer has a builtin class compliant audio interface which works out of the box under Linux. The audio capabilities are:

Sampling rate: 44100hz (fixed)
Analog outputs: 10
Analog inputs: 4
MIDI inputs/outputs: 3

All inputs and outputs can be used

Jack settings

Only with the Jack audio system all 10 outputs and 4 inputs can be used with the following settings:

Sampling rate: 44100 (fixed)
Frames: 512 / 256 / 128 / 64 / 32 / 16 (the lower the better for latency)
Buffer: 3 / 2 (the lower the better for latency)

MIDI

The MODX comes with four MIDI templates for proprietary DAWs, there are three MIDI inputs/outputs:

1: Contains notes, controllers and time syncing
2: Should be used as a control port to connect a DAW (to a Mackie Control Unit)
3: Reserved for future use?

DAW Integration

DAW integration has moved here.

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25. April 2021

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2 responses to “The Yamaha MODX Music Synthesizer and Linux”

Bastian Schick

21. July 2021

Hi wurzel,

where did you find the information, that MODX has a class compliant interface, that works with Linux?

I tried it today with Ubuntu 21.4 but I did not see any MODX audio connections in Ubuntu and/or jack.

Thanks in advance,

Best, Bastian

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1. wurzel
  
  21. July 2021
  
  Hi Bastian,
  
  not sure where I found the information, but it was very important for my buying decision. Try different USB-Ports and/or different USB cables or another PC for testing. The device works out of the box with ALSA/Pulseaudio and Jack.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Frank
  
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