+<p>
+ It is no longer nessessary to use jackd as a backend for Ardour in Linux.
+ In fact with the spread of LV2 plugins, almost all workflows in Ardour work
+ well with the ALSA backend. When using the ALSA backend for Ardour, Ardour
+ will see all MIDI ports that ALSA sees without any user setup. However, should jackd
+ need to be used, the rest of this page is valid.
+</p>
+
<p>
The right approach for using MIDI on Linux depends on which version of JACK
is in use. The world divides into: