hi all
i'm trying to understand why and how my midi playback capabilities are failing under ALSA. i'm trying to use my soundBlaster Live! (EMU10K1) midi synth, but i hear nothing. the "Details" page for this card on the Alsa site states:
- MIDI on SB live drive not working properly.
(http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Live&chip=EMU10K1&module=emu10k1)
i'm trying to figure out just *what* isn't working properly. there is a user note on that same page explaining how to add sound fonts with sfxload, but i tried this and it doesn't seem to have made a difference. it looks to me as though everything is configured "properly": pcm audio works for both of my cards, and there are a number of (correct?) entries for the various midi modules. midi aware applications (pmidi, alsa-patch-bay, rosegarden) all seem to recognize the synth, e.g.:
$pmidi -l
Port Client name Port name
72:0 Rawmidi 1 - EMU10K1 MPU-401 (U EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)
73:0 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 0
73:1 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 1
73:2 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 2
73:3 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 3
when i actually try to play a midi file, though, no sound. is there any way to tell *what* isn't working? lsmod, modules.conf, and .asoundrc follow. thanks,
hawkeye parker
$lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-seq-oss 35264 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-midi 5280 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 44452 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 16176 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-emu10k1-synth 5884 0
snd-emux-synth 35292 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-seq-midi-emul 7212 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-virmidi 5144 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-midi-event 6304 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi]
snd-seq 49712 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-emu10k1 87092 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-util-mem 3112 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1]
snd-hwdep 7104 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-ice1712 51532 0
snd-pcm 87456 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-ice1712]
snd-page-alloc 9908 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-timer 21124 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-cs8427 9160 0 [snd-ice1712]
snd-i2c 4660 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-cs8427]
snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx 2588 0 [snd-ice1712]
snd-ac97-codec 59116 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-ice1712]
snd-mpu401-uart 5520 0 [snd-ice1712]
snd-rawmidi 19744 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-emu10k1 snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 6268 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emux-synth snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-ak4xxx-adda 5524 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx]
snd 47812 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emux-synth snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-util-mem snd-hwdep snd-ice1712 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-cs8427 snd-i2c snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ak4xxx-adda]
soundcore 6692 13 [snd]
$cat /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 ne2k-pci
alias scsi_hostadapter advansys
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
# delta66
alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
# sb live
alias snd-card-1 snd-emu10k1
# module options should go here
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
# card #0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
# card #1
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
#--- Keep modules from being autocleaned
add options -k snd-card-0
add options -k snd-card-1
$cat .asoundrc
# delta 66
pcm.ice1712 {
type hw
card 0
}
ctl.ice1712 {
type hw
card 0
}
# sb live
pcm.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 1
}
ctl.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 1
}
Title: emu10k1 midi failing. why?
- Re: [Alsa-user] emu10k1 midi failing. why? Hawkeye Parker
- Re: [Alsa-user] emu10k1 midi failing. why? Clemens Ladisch
- RE: [Alsa-user] emu10k1 midi failing. why? Hawkeye Parker
