I think the only use for '--with-sequencer=yes' for this card is if
you use external MIDI equipment or use timidity as an ALSA sequencer client.
It is not necessary to use timidity as an ALSA sequencer client if you just
want to play MIDI files. http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/TiMidity-howto.html
explains the use of timidity as an ALSA sequencer client.
HTH,
-Frans
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:52:50 +0100
Andreas Kågedal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah! that explains it. I'll use Timidity.
>
> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> Does that mean that there was no point in having "--with-sequencer=yes" as
> an argument to 'configure', or does that still provide som usefull feature?
> I know that timidity can be run as an ALSA sequencer client (althogh this
> does not work on the RH7.2 version I'm using). Does that require the
> "--with-sequencer=yes" in the configuring script?
>
> I'm planning to update the Wiki pages for the SB128 to include the
> information that there is no onboard midi support, and I want to
> give good advice on what to do instead.
>
> /Andreas
>
> > Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:44:38 +0100
> >> Andreas Kågedal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I recently installed alsa to support my SB PCI 128 (snd-ens1371) (alsa 0.9.0rc3).
>Everything works greate except for midi.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Your card hasn't hardware to convert a midi file or stream to sound. It's all
> > done in software under Linux as well as Windows. In Linux you can use timidity.
> >
> > IIUC Creative Labs has advertised this card in a way suggesting that the
> > sound/patch/samples have to be loaded to the card before it will
> > work, like a card with an onboard wavetable synthesizer. However, all is done
> > in software (the CPU does the work without help from the sound hardware).
> > IIRC they called it 'wavetable synthesizer _emulation_' :)
> > HTH,
> >
> > -Frans
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