MIDI

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 10 November 2006 22:45, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Friday 10 November 2006 23:17, Alan Lake wrote:
> > I am not able to play MIDI files with XMMS or KMID.
> >
> > I'm running vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen on an AMD x86_64 box.  My sound
> > card is on the motherboard and is an nForce3 AC'97.  I added AMIDI-plug
> > 0.6 to XMMS.  I'm using ALSA backend 0.8, which outputs to Midi Through
> > at port 14:0.  My mixer setting is 0:Synth:0.  The Alsamixer shows PCM
> > as turned on.  MIDI music appears to play, but no sound comes out.  XMMS
> > does play some other formats, like ogg.
> >
> > Thanks for helping to figure out how to configure xmms so as to be able
> > to play MIDI files.
>
> The only soundcards you are going to be able to play midi with are Audigy
> ones using emu drivers, and thats only after loading soundfonts. For other
> cards you will need to use Qsynth for example, load a soundfont onto that,
> and then play Kmid through that.
>
> Soundfonts are available from many places on the Internet, but hammersound
> is one I use. http://www.hammersound.net/
>
> A GM one is probably the best to get.
>
Nigel, I know I did this before, with the sound fonts from the Audigy 
installation disk, but I can't remember where they had to be copied to.  Can 
you help?  Thanks

Anne
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