Hi. I tried to get Brahms to work a couple of months ago, and I got to the point where you are today. I don't think arts plays midi. But I am not sure. I remember kmid could play midi files but kmidi could not. (or the other way around). Does brahms use arts to access midi? Can you not access /dev/snd/midi* direvtly from within Brahms? I remember that Brahms used arts for a lot of things, but if arts does not do alsa, your stuck!
I also had some problem with premissoins with my /dev/snd/* "files". /Ola A P.S. I ended up using muse insted. It is basically the same type of program, but seem to have more "snowball" and built-in software synthesizers. Downside is that it uses qt3. P.S. 2 My module.config has some extra lines... #Alsa 0.9.0beta10, SB Live value # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.3b --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=81 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id="EMU" # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- Erik Saulkalns wrote: > First of all let me say that this is probably a problem with aRts. However >I have had no luck with the aRts people, so I hope someone here, who uses >ALSA and aRts can help. I have an SBLive! Value and I am unable to get MIDI >to work under KDE2. I will try to describe my problem as thoroughly as >possible since I have spent two weeks R'ingTFM as well as many FAQs and >newsgroup posts. The only reason I haven't deleted my Windows partition is >because I cant get the damn MIDI to work in KDE with ALSA. > I can play CD's, and audio files on the PCM just fine. My problem is MIDI. >(The 2.4.17 built-in MIDI kernel driver worked just fine for me in KDE, but I >would like to use ALSA). > >I am running the 2.4.17 Kernel. Here are the steps I took to set up ALSA >with my SBLive: > >1. I recompiled my kernel with ONLY soundcore support (as part of the >kernel), then rebooted. > >2. I downloaded the ALSA driver, lib, tools, and utils 0.9.0 BETA 12 as well >as the ALSA OSS driver BETA 11. > >3. I succesfully compiled all of the ALSA files. >For alsa-driver I used: >"./configure --with-sequencer=yes --with-card=emu10k1 && make && make install" >ran the "./snddevices" file (I don't use DEVFS) >and used: >"./configure && make && make install" for the other files > >4. Here is my /etc/modules.conf file: ># alsa sound >alias char-major-116 snd >alias char-major-14 soundcore > >alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 >alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 >options snd snd_cards_limit=1 > >alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss >alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss >alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss >alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss >alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > ># video section >alias char-major-195 NVdriver > >5. I ran depmod > >6. Then >"modprobe snd-emu10k1" >(midi wouldn't play in KDE) >(yes I set the mixer levels correctly) >so then I ran >"modprobe snd-emu10k1-synth" >as someone suggested, still didn't work >(I did everything as root, there where no permission problems) > >7. No MIDI devices were listed in the "kcontrol" center in KDE. > >8. I thought maybe this was a KDE2 problem so I downloaded, compiled, and >ran... >"sfxload /usr/local/lib/sfbank/gus.sf2" (my prefered SoundFont) > >8. Tried running a KDE MIDI program again to no avail > >9. I then downloaded, compiled, and ran pmidi: >"pmidi -p 65:0 mymidi.mid" >sure enough it played just fine >Ahah! This must be an aRts problem, right? Or am I wrong, why do files play >with pmidi but not KMid? > >Why wont KDE2 programs such as Brahms play MIDI? This is an aRts problem >right? If so, what is the problem? > >Here is the result of "lsmod" >Module Size Used by Tainted: P >snd-seq-midi 3200 0 (autoclean) (unused) >snd-seq-oss 24032 0 (autoclean) >snd-emu10k1-synth 3712 0 >snd-emux-synth 23584 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth] >snd-seq-midi-emul 4432 0 [snd-emux-synth] >snd-seq-virmidi 2568 0 [snd-emux-synth] >snd-seq-midi-event 2808 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-virmidi] >snd-seq 36236 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-emux-synth >snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event] >snd-emu10k1 54592 2 [snd-emu10k1-synth] >snd-rawmidi 12256 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-emu10k1] >snd-ac97-codec 22304 0 [snd-emu10k1] >snd-util-mem 1232 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1] >snd-hwdep 3680 0 [snd-emu10k1] >snd-seq-device 4000 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-emu10k1-synth >snd-emux-synth snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi] >snd-pcm-oss 35200 1 (autoclean) >snd-pcm 48000 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss] >snd-timer 10080 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq snd-pcm] >snd-mixer-oss 8960 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] >snd 24808 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss >snd-emux-synth snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-emu10k1 >snd-rawmidi snd-ac97-codec snd-util-mem snd-hwdep snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss >snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mixer-oss] >NVdriver 820384 14 (autoclean) > >Sorry for the long post, but I am desperate to get my MIDI to work under KDE >since Brahms is my OpenSource replacement to CakeWalk, I can't stand to use >any more Windows programs that crash every few hours. > >Thanks in advance > >_______________________________________________ >Alsa-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
