Roy - thanks for all the info! I've had timidity installed and working for years, but I gather it does more than I thought. I might be able to get by with it after all. Am I correct in assuming that with ALSA my MIDI H/W ports are probably working now? I haven't had a chance to test yet.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep SB 02:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08) 02:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 08) Roy Pluschke said: > On February 9, 2004 04:42 pm, Rick Macdonald wrote: >> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh said: >> > On Mon, 09 Feb 2004, Rick Macdonald wrote: >> >> Searching the web and Debian site uncovered that I may need to load >> >> "sound >> >> fonts" with sfxload, but it's not clear to me if this is still >> required >> >> or >> >> not. Also, the awesfx package no longer exists. >> >> >> >> What do I need to do next? >> > >> > You can either use timidity (software synthesis), or you need to find >> > something to upload the soundfonts to the wavetable synthesizer in >> your >> > Live >> > card. And the soundfonts as well, of course. >> >> timidity is installed and works but I need true midi now. >> >> Any idea why awesfx was removed from the Debian packages? >> >> I found one on the web (awesfx_0.4.4-5_i386.deb). I found some SF2 files >> (CT4MGM.SF2 CT8MGM.SF2) from my Windows machine with an SB Extigy. Will >> they work? Somewhere I have the CDs from the SBLive card if I need them. >> >> Can I mess up the SBLive card running sfxload? >> > > I use the awesfx package on my debian box without any problems > (soundblaster > live card). The sound fonts that come with the soundcard are called > 2gmgsmt.sf2, 4gmgsmt.sf2 and 8mbgmsfx.sf2 which I'm sure you can find with > a > quick google. Note that using the cards wave synth under alsa drops an > occasional note. See the alsa home page about this bug. > >> timidity is installed and works but I need true midi now. > > I don't understand the above statement. Timidity is/has true midi. To run > timidity as a alsa synth start up timidity like this: > > timidity -Os -iA -B2,8 & > > Its best to have timidity suid root so that it can use the real time > scheduler/clock or whatever it is called. In your application i.e. > rosegarden or noteedit just select the timidity synth instead of the > soundcard synth. The timidity samples are much better that the 8mb sound > fonts that come by default with the soundblaster cards. > > R.J.P. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
