Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 8:54 pm, Meliton wrote: Hope that explains it. Meliton. Thanks - I suppose I knew some of this, but not enough to have really grokked it ;-) Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
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

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:44:05 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 15 Dec 2002 12:23 pm, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:44:05 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer?? On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 8:41 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
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

[newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
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[newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings everyone, Whenever I try to open a midi file, I get the following error message: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably there is another program using it. Well, I can't even find /dev/sequencer on my system. Anyone have any advice as to how I can get midi files to play on my Mdk 9.0

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Meliton
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 20:10, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings everyone, Whenever I try to open a midi file, I get the following error message: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably there is another program using it. Well, I can't even find /dev/sequencer on my system. Anyone have any advice

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 7:51 pm, Meliton wrote: On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 20:10, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings everyone, Whenever I try to open a midi file, I get the following error message: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably there is another program using it. Well, I can't even find

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:05:41 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer?? On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 7:51 pm, Meliton wrote: On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 20:10, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Meliton
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 21:05, Anne Wilson wrote: Now that's confused me, for sure. So how, exactly, do we play midi files on a computer? Well, MIDI is just a protocol. There are a series of events, such as a note, with parameters, such as the volume or pitch of said note. All events are

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Meliton
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 21:41, Angus Auld wrote: I have TiMidity and instruments and all of the multimedia stuff that I can think of installed, but no midi tunes. :-/ Seems like I'm way out of date on this. I've been quickly checking out this TiMidity thing you mention, and it seems as if

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Meliton
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 21:41, Angus Auld wrote: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably there is another program using it. Well, I can't even find /dev/sequencer on my system. It looks like TiMidity has defaults you don't want. Try running it with the -o filename option, where