Hello! > The info I have found so far is quite vague about how to get midi woking > with the opl3 driver.
> Does anyone have any pearls of wisdom they would like to share? This should really go to ALSA FAQ... How to play MIDI music on your OPL2/3 chip OPL3 could be used in three ways: - as directFM device: This means you can directly program OPL3 registers using API, described at http://www.opensound.com/dmguide/dmfm.html and alsa-driver/asound_fm.h. DirectFM interface is fully OSS compatible (if configured --with-oss=yes), OSS applications access directFM device at /dev/dmfm?. - as OSS MIDI device: You should configure --with-sequencer=yes and --with-oss=yes. Playmidi should then work unmodified with ALSA. You should run "playmidi -f some_midi_file" to use 2op synthesis or "playmidi -4 some_midi_file" If this doesn't work, try some "-e" or "-D" parameters. You don't need to load any instrument patch, because playmidi loads its default patchset at the beginning of playback. - as ALSA MIDI device: You should configure --with-sequencer=yes. Because of ALSA's instrument layer, INSTRUMENT PATCHES SHOULD BE LOADED FIRST. This is explained in great detail in "sbiload" man page. sbiload can be found at alsa-tools package in seq/sbiload directory. After instrument patches are loaded, pmidi (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/pmidi) should be used to playback midi files. If still no sound is heard, check mixer settings or consult sequencer proc interface /proc/asound/seq/ for additional info. Uros. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
