David: It is possible that I forgot to set the polyphony parameter in qsynth down to 64. That would have produced the observed symptoms.
Also, there could have been a problem with enabling your PPA during the initial installation of the components. I am re-installing, more carefully this time. I will enable the PPA only at the end, after I have reproduced the problem. And I will be very, very careful NOT to install the "-dev" version, which rips out JACK. - Aere On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:21 -0700, Aere Greenway wrote: > David: > > Has something happened to your fix? > > I have been installing it in various 11.10 systems, and it has been > working. > > The latest success, was installing it in an Ubuntu 11.10 system, using > the Gnome Classic desktop (which you can still download). That > desktop has 20% to 30% less overhead than the Unity desktop, so it is > an improvement. On my 933 megahertz machine, I would get occasional > under-runs. > > Unfortunately, they have taken away all of the things that made it > easy to use (no more panel icons, no more desktop icons, and > especially NO CUSTOMIZATION). So it's still very bad. > > I decided to do all my music stuff under xubuntu, and installed > xubuntu 11.10 (on my 933 megahertz machine). > > After downloading the MIDI/audio software I use, I included your PPA, > and installed updates from that. > > Unfortunately, when I ran it, I got many under-runs, and it seems like > it is no longer fixed. > > I noticed that it hadn't installed the development files, so I > installed that from your PPA - BIG MISTAKE! > > It took out JACK (which I depend upon), and even after removing the > fluidsynth dev version, I cannot get qjackctl to work at all, and I > don't know why. > > I've tried completely removing things, but still it doesn't work. I > was able to re-install qjackctl, but it won't initialize any more. I > think some libraries it needs have been removed, but I don't know > which ones, or how to restore them. > > It looks like I'm going to have to totally re-install the entire > system, starting over. > > I really wanted to use 11.10 with your fix, but if it doesn't stay > fixed, my only option is to install 11.04. > > But if I hide my head in the sand, retreating to 11.04, then I end up > with Fluidsynth not working on 12.04, and my entire project is > destined for the dust-bin. > > Sincerely, > Aere Greenway > > > On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 11:43 +0100, David Henningsson wrote: > > > On 11/05/2011 09:12 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > > > David, et al: > > > > > > I have not heard back since I reported on performing the test you asked > > > me to run. > > > > > > I noticed on the website that there are "0 new bugs". > > > > > > What process do I need to go through to have this problem evaluated as > > > to whether it is officially a 'bug' or not? > > > > > > To me, this problem kills my future prospects. The music education > > > package I am poised to put out depends on FluidSynth (actually Qsynth, > > > which uses it). > > > > > > I could distribute my package, and people could get all excited about > > > it, but when they installed it themselves (instead of using what comes > > > with the package), they would find that the installed version won't even > > > play the demo-music, even on a fast machine. > > > > > > What I had to go through to compile the older version on the current > > > level is not something I could expect a new user of Linux to do. > > > > > > There is no path forward if this cannot be fixed. But of course, those > > > are the chances I take when I attempt to develop something. > > > > > > It would be very helpful if I had some indication of whether or not this > > > problem will be addressed, or even looked at. > > > > > > I am willing to supply MIDI and audio files you could test it with, and > > > verify any fixes. > > > > > > Please consider the idea that what I have been doing in the past to > > > avoid under-runs, by configuring fewer simultaneous voices (setting the > > > polyphony parameter to 64, or even 48 on a slower machine), may be a > > > more elegant solution than what has apparently been done in the latest > > > release (probably to address that same problem of under-runs). > > > > > > I think my planned product could make a big difference in the way people > > > learn to play (and compose) music, and I am really hoping FluidSynth can > > > be a part of it. It certainly has been a rock-solid, dependable > > > component up to now. > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Aere Greenway > > > > Hi Aere, > > > > I've been on travel with limited time/possibility to help you. In > > addition, the rebuild I asked you to do was harder than I expected. > > > > But now I'm home again, and here's what I've done now: > > > > I've taken the 1.1.5 package, and added the patch I committed as r435. > > This is because you said something earlier about sound working up to the > > polyphony limit. > > I then uploaded the source package to a ppa: > > https://launchpad.net/~diwic/+archive/fluidsynth-test > > > > The ppa probably has finished building when you read this, so can you > > download/install the packages from there and see if it resolves your > > problem? Thanks! > > > > // David > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev > -- Sincerely, Aere
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