I've set up MIDI with emu10k1/ALSA as well, and I'm not as good as analyzing the issues as you, but the sound I am hearing is simply awful. Using "8MBGMSFX.SF2"... the sound ought not be this poor. What can be wrong?
Taupter wrote: > > Hello > > I have properly configured ALSA-0.9.0beta8a drivers for SBLive Platinum > 5.1 (Emu10K1) on my system, and I can load sound fonts and play MIDI > files, but it seems some voices are missing. > > When I play a MIDI file (using pmidi 1.5.4), some voices simply don't > play, cutting at a time some drums, at another time some instruments (in > the same play), as if the Emu10K1 were eating notes at random. When I > play the same midi file in Windows 98, everything works fine. I tested > with various MIDI files with different kinds of complexity, and the same > behaviour occurs. These skips occur more as more complex the MIDI file is. > > I'm using kernel 2.4.10 with RTC enabled (without any low-latency > patch), 256MB of RAM, the same 8MB SF2 bank I use in Windows. > > Interesting to note I got this output: > > bash-2.03$ pmidi -l > Port Client name Port name > 65:0 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 0 > 65:1 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 1 > 65:2 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 2 > 65:3 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 3 > > I tested and I was able to play four simultaneous MIDI files without > ploblem. Well, to me would be better if I had just one MIDI port but > able to play without missing notes! :) > > I would like to know what is wrong, if am I doing sometrhing wrong or > the driver itself is acting erraticly. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
