> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??
> >
> > > On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 8:41 pm, Angus Auld wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the replies,
> > > > I don't understand too much at all about midi. But,
> > > > is there a way to get my Mdk system to produce the
> > > > required sounds that are indicated in a midi file?
> > > >
> > > > I haven't been able to get a peep out of Mdk on the
> > > > e-cards that I receive that contain a musical segment
> > > > in midi format.
> > > >
> > > > I have TiMidity and instruments and all of the multimedia
> > > > stuff that I can think of installed, but no midi tunes. :-/
> > > > Could there be something that has to be configured?
> > > > I'm at a loss. It's not anything I need, but I was able to
> > > > hear midi in MS. :-(
> > > >
> > > > Do you have the same problem trying to hear midi Anne?
> > >
> > > Yes and no - the message you're getting is the one I get if I try to use
> > > KMid. However, there's another app, KMidi (just to confuse you) that
> > > works just fine. Of course I have no way of knowing how good its
> > > rendering is, and I don't have regular use for it, so I haven't examined
> > > tweaking possibilities, but it's a starting point for you.
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
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> > Thanks Anne, I will give KMidi a try. :-)
> > I don't use midi that often really, but would just like to be able to hear
> > the little midi tunes on my e-cards ;-)
> >
> > If it's as complicated as all get out, I'll just hum the tunes. lol
> >
> > I will check my file associations and see about KMidi for midi files.
>
> I don't remember installing it separately - as far as I can remember it was
> part of the installation group - but it certainly came from the cds, as I
> haven't downloaded anything except plugins since I installed 9.0
>
> Anne
>
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Thanks Anne! I'm listening to a midi right now with KMidi..."Music Box Dancer" by
Frank Mills. Sounds pretty much like the tune....Frank might not agree though. lol
Thanks again.
--Angus
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James
Thurber
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