Re: [fluid-dev] fluidsynth tries to connect to jackd

[Bill Peterson]

No, you don't have to install jackd - you can use ALSA by adding `-a alsa` to your command line:

fluidsynth -a alsa /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid

On Linux, Fluidsynth tries to use JACK by default, but you can specify any of the options in the FluidSettings.xml file for audio.driver.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:57 PM Jesús Gómez <jgomo3@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello.

I just installed fluidsynth in a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 machine.

After that I tried the simplest test possible, play a midi file:

fluidsynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid

But I get the following error:
exec of JACK server (command = "/usr/bin/jackd") failed: No such file or directory

(Full message[1])

So, it seems evident, but I want to check: Is it required by fluidsynth to have jackd installed?

[1] http://ix.io/2Vrn

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