This is what I found after doing a quick search. I remember when I was looking round for how to do this it was very easy to find quite what to do.
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=emu10k1 Wavetable MIDI single-item check list: First use sfxload (part of the awesfx package) to fill the wavetable, otherwise you'll get just dead silence. For some reason, I did not find this trivia fact in any HOWTO. - Jan 20021111 But it had a link to a message at http://www.alsa-project.org/archive/alsa-user/msg04319.html which describes how to do this. David On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:49:57 -0800 (PST) Bryan Koschmann - GKT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > > Thank you for getting back to me. I will try this out. Question though, > should I have read this somewhere on the ALSA site? I don't ever recall > coming across this. > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, David Hunt wrote: > > |You need to load some sound fonts using the sfxload program that comes > |with the awesfx package. You should be able to find some sounds fonts > |on the SBLive CD. > | > |David > | > |On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:07:33 -0800 (PST) > |Bryan Koschmann - GKT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > |> Hello, > |> > |> I've run into an issue here after getting alsa all up and running. I > |can> play anything (mp3, ogg, wav, au, etc) just fine, have used jack > |with> ardour and tha also works. However, I cannot play any midi. > |> > |> When using playmidi <midiname.mid> it just sits there looking like it > |is> playing, but nothing comes out. If I do playmidi -v it shows > |activity> (track, lyrics, etc) but still no sound. my midi modules seem > |to be> loaded but I will show an output just in case. I am running an > |SB Live!> Value. If anyone could shed some light on this it would be > |great!> > |> Thanks, > |> > |> Bryan > |> > |> > |> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod > |> Module Size Used by Tainted: PF > |> snd-pcm-oss 36612 0 (autoclean) > |> snd-mixer-oss 11384 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > |> rtc 6620 0 (autoclean) > |> snd-seq-oss 23264 0 (autoclean) > |> snd-emu10k1-synth 3836 0 (autoclean) > |> snd-emu10k1 58512 3 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1-synth] > |> snd-pcm 54720 2 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss > |snd-emu10k1]> snd-hwdep 3552 0 (autoclean) > |[snd-emu10k1]> snd-ac97-codec 27816 0 (autoclean) > |[snd-emu10k1]> snd-emux-synth 23708 0 (autoclean) > |[snd-emu10k1-synth]> snd-util-mem 1088 0 (autoclean) > |[snd-emu10k1> snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-midi-emul 4192 0 > |(autoclean)> [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-virmidi 2664 0 > |(autoclean)> [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-midi 3168 0 > |(autoclean) (unused)> snd-seq-midi-event 2824 0 (autoclean) > |[snd-seq-oss> snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi] > |> snd-seq 39280 2 (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss > |> snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi > |> snd-seq-midi-event] snd-timer 10632 0 (autoclean) > |> [snd-pcm snd-seq] snd-rawmidi 12352 0 (autoclean) > |> [snd-emu10k1 snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi] > |> snd-seq-device 3764 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss > |> snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emu10k1 snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi snd-seq > |> snd-rawmidi] > |> snd 28780 6 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss > |snd-mixer-oss> snd-seq-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-hwdep snd-ac97-codec > |snd-emux-synth> snd-util-mem snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi > |snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq> snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] > |> soundcore 3396 10 (autoclean) [snd] > |> vmnet 22720 4 > |> vmmon 20628 0 > |> ide-scsi 7440 0 > |> scsi_mod 81896 1 [ide-scsi] > |> ext3 62240 6 (autoclean) > |> jbd 45092 6 (autoclean) [ext3] > |> > |> > |> > |> > |> ------------------------------------------------------- > |> This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > |> Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > |> No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated > |server> http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > |> _______________________________________________ > |> Alsa-user mailing list > |> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > |> > | > | > |------------------------------------------------------- > |This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > |Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > |No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > |http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > |_______________________________________________ > |Alsa-user mailing list > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! 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