Frank wrote:
> So could you try something like "aplay -D default some.wav" and then
Ah, thanks very much Frank; that worked, even without the '-D default':
dione$ aplay -l
card 0: ENSONIQ [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ENSONIQ [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1371/2 [ES1371 DAC1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
dione$
dione$ arecord -l
card 0: ENSONIQ [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
dione$
dione$ aplay /pub/multimedia/audio/radio/ragtime/dicky.au <--- produces
sound :-)
dione$
So, now that I trust alsa really is working, I went back to trying to
timidity.
Bill wrote:
> You'll need TiMidity++-2.12.0-pre1 built with alsa server enabled for
> this to work.
Ok, Debian only has 2.10 available, so I tried that first:
dione$ timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0
/dev/snd/pcm00: Sound protocol is not compatible
Couldn't open ALSA pcm device (`s')
Frank wrote:
> Your /proc/asound/dev file looks ok. I don't have pcmC0D0 neither,
> that's fine.
Ok, so I guess the above error is because of using 2.10 instead of 2.12?
After a bit og fiddling with 'configure' options:
dione$ ./configure --enable-alsaseq --enable-audio=alsa
--prefix=/usr/server/opt/timidity LDFLAGS=-lasound
dione$ make
dione# make install
Then I symlinked the installed 2.10 config file and GUS patches to where
the new 2.12 could find them.
I then tried just:
dione:~# /usr/server/opt/timidity/bin/timidity -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0
<midi-file>
and that produced sound!
Bill wrote:
> timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0&
Ok, *before* I do that, I'll do the 'aconnect -lo' and '-li' so I see
the 'before' and 'after' results:
dione:~# aconnect -li
client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
0 'Timer '
1 'Announce '
client 64: 'External MIDI 0' [type=kernel]
0 'MIDI 0-0 ' <-- so this is the
MIDI keyboard port, right?
dione:~#
dione:~# aconnect -lo
client 64: 'External MIDI 0' [type=kernel]
0 'MIDI 0-0 ' <-- will see timidity
here in a moment?
dione:~#
> If you use aconnect type aconnect -li to see the available inputs. The
> External MIDI port will be something like 64:0. aconnect -lo will show you
> the output ports and your timidity ports should be 128:0 and 129:0.
Ok, here goes :-) ....
dione:~# /usr/server/opt/timidity/bin/timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0
Requested buffer size 2048, fragment size 1024
ALSA pcm 'default' set buffer size 2048, period size 1024 bytes
TiMidity starting in ALSA server mode
set SCHED_FIFO
Opening sequencer port: 128:0 128:1
And now the 'aconnect -lo' again:
dione$ aconnect -lo
client 64: 'External MIDI 0' [type=kernel]
0 'MIDI 0-0 '
client 128: 'Client-128' [type=user]
0 'TiMidity port 0 ' <-- yeah!!!
1 'TiMidity port 1 ' <-- yeah!!!
dione$
Yeah! So, ok, now ...
> To connect them use aconnect 64:0 128:0.
dione:~# aconnect 64:0 128:0
Requested buffer size 2048, fragment size 1024
ALSA pcm 'default' set buffer size 2048, period size 1024 bytes
dione:~#
According to the 'aconnect' man page, it should be possible to list
the active connections (now I have one right?) using 'aconnect -l',
but this was a usage error :-( Anyway ...
So, shouldn't keypresses produce piano now? They don't.
I tried Muse, and got this:
dione$ muse
load plugin dir </usr/lib/muse/plugins>
searching for software synthesizer in </usr/lib/muse/synthi>
5 soft synth found
found soft synth <Stk> <stk soft synth>
found soft synth <iiwu> <iiwu soft synth>
found soft synth <vam> <vam soft synth>
found soft synth <organ> <Organ>
found soft synth <S1> <S1 demo soft synth>
NO Config File </home/alexis/.MusE>
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:597:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device
or resource busy
By using 'fuser', I see that /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p is busy because of the
timidity server running. Ok, well, perhaps that is right?
Ok, well, Muse looks pretty much like Cubase, but I still couldn't
configure it to get any sound :-) Is there anyway that - like
Cubase I can press a key and see a s/w LED blink, so I know that
keypresses are being received? I'll search for a "How to get sound
when you press a key with Muse with the smallest amount of work",
but can anybody offer any pointers?
And one final thing, I take it that people here are pretty familiar
with Muse and Cubase: is there any way to convert '.ALL' files into
something Muse/Rosegarden/something-else can play?
Many thanks for your valuable assistance!
Regards
Alexis Huxley
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