Re: [Denemo-devel] More timidity diagnostics

[Nils Gey]

Don't use timidity. I ever get problems with it and when it runs I get latency 
problems, even on my ~3ms latency system.
I would suggest you use Fluidsynth instead or better to speak of QSynth which 
is a GUI for fluidsynth. You can load any .sf2 soundfont file with it, freely 
avaible in the internet. I have the .sf2 file here which sounds like the 
standard MS-Windows soundfont. This is not good in realistic-sounding quality 
but I find it handy to have the "Windows-Midi" sound by hand if I work in 
midi-enviroments with musicians who have windows. So if I send playbacks to 
them I know what to expect.

Anyway... you have more feedback and controlls with QSynth. I suggest to use 
the JACK-GUI Qjackctl with it. Not for JACK but for alsa midi. just don't start 
the jack server, the alsa-midi ports will show up in the alsa-tab. You can 
connect them how you like and connect to Denemo to QSynth/Fluidsynth or even 
with Timidity if it shows up.

Nils

On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:41:32 +0000
Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:

> I have tracked down some diagnostics:
> After running 
> timidity -iAD
> to start the timidity daemon I get
> 
> $ aconnect -o
> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
>     0 'Midi Through Port-0'
> client 20: 'USB Keystation 49e' [type=kernel]
>     0 'USB Keystation 49e MIDI 1'
> client 128: 'aseqdump' [type=user]
>     0 'aseqdump        '
> address@hidden:~$ aconnect -o
> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
>     0 'Midi Through Port-0'
> client 20: 'USB Keystation 49e' [type=kernel]
>     0 'USB Keystation 49e MIDI 1'
> client 128: 'aseqdump' [type=user]
>     0 'aseqdump        '
> client 129: 'TiMidity' [type=user]
>     0 'TiMidity port 0 '
>     1 'TiMidity port 1 '
>     2 'TiMidity port 2 '
>     3 'TiMidity port 3 '
> 
> But when I try:
> 
> $ aconnect 129 20
> Connection failed (Operation not permitted)
> 
> It does not complain if I connect the other way round, but it does not
> give output to the speakers either. (I have installed soundfonts for
> timidity).
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> 
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