You are not logged in.

getting midi out of SBlive -sfxload

padb

Beginner

  • "padb" started this thread

Posts: 4

  • Send private message

1

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 9:34am

getting midi out of SBlive -sfxload

hey
the problem i have is that i have downloaded music editing software such as rosegarden4 and muse, however because i have acreative labs soundcard there is no midi sounds. I have been advised that this is because the soundfonts are normally loaded onto midi channels when the computer boots up, however obviously only for windows machines. I have downloaded the soundfonts required and also sfxload (which shoiuld be responsible for storing these fonts on the driver) but i dont know the commands or scripting to enable this. Please get in touch anyone who has readied a SBlive card for linux midi.
thanks
pad

coco-loco

Trainee

Posts: 97

  • Send private message

2

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 11:39am

Probably you'll need to install timidity++ on your system, as far as I know this is the only way to get your midi-soundfonts working.

http://timidity.sourceforge.net/

padb

Beginner

  • "padb" started this thread

Posts: 4

  • Send private message

3

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 3:30pm

how will this help? I have just installed timidity ia apt-get install, but midi still isnt working, what is timidity how can i use it to enable the soundfonts?

Ast_Tom

Beginner

Posts: 7

  • Send private message

4

Friday, March 10th 2006, 8:02am

To check if timidity is working, just do:

timidity file.mid

it should play the midi file. if this doesn't work, you should try to make it work :)

try the server mode of timidity. The exact commands I don't know, you should find it on google or their site somewhere.


Then do 'pmidi -l'
-> You see midi devices of timidity

try to play a file with pmidi:

pmidi -p 127:0 file.mid

The 127:0 is what you see in 'pmidi -l', so try them all if you are unsure :)

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Ast_Tom" (Mar 10th 2006, 8:06am)