Hi Knute, as you want FluidSynth to respond to MIDI events, you don't need to start a server but simply specify which audio/midi driver to use. The "server" that can be started with the -s command-line option is a way to access the FluidSynth command shell and not required for your use-case.
I've never used frescobali, but looking at the docs at https://www.frescobaldi.org/uguide#help_preferences_midi it seems like it only supports ALSA MIDI. And assuming you are on a modern distro, your sound system is probably based on pulseaudio. So you could start FluidSynth with the following command-line: fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m alsa_seq /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 (Alternatively, if you have a pure ALSA based system, replace -a pulseaudio with -a alsa). Then start frescobaldi and open the MIDI settings. You should be able to choose the FluidSynth MIDI ports as output. For further details, you could have a look at the manual: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/wiki/ExampleCommandLines#fluidsynth-with-pulseaudio Cheers Marcus _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
