Thanks for the replies I got from Oscar and Laura. At least, it seems
that I am a little closer now.
On June 12, 2001, Oscar wrote:
O> Is your soundcard MIDI detected? I have a SB Awe 64 and harddrake
O> detected the sound device but not the midi port. Maybe your card's
O> midi device has not been detected by the install program.
It is that this is what have happened to me too: harddrake only
reports the sound card, not any midi devices. Are there other ways to
test whether MIDI has been detected?
O> Try running "sndconfig" as root from console (without X) Also, be
O> sure to select the correct midi port in kmid (not the external MIDI
O> out port)
I tried running sndconfig, but that did not change anything. In
particular, kmid could not find any midi devices.
I then followed Laura's advice and installed ALSA. Now kmid lists an
``External MIDI 0 MIDI 0-0 - ALSA Device''. However, I can still not
get it to produce any sound.
On June 12, 2001, Laura Conrad wrote:
LC> After I ran alsaconf, I wasn't getting the MIDI errors any more,
LC> but I still wasn't hearing the MIDI files playing, so then I
LC> remembered that you have to sfxload some soundfonts.
I am that same point now. I have installed alsa (it took a while to
get this to work as ALSA applies some patches that are already in my
Mandrake 7.2 kernel 2.2.17 to all kernels prior to 2.2.18) and usual
sound playback works. However, playmidi still does not produce any
sound:
- playmidi with no options, option -f, option -4, reports ``No
playback device found.''
- playmidi with option -e or option -a hangs for a while and then
exits. I suppose it is playing the file, but sends the output to a
device I cannot hear.
I tried following your advice and use sfxload. Unfortunately, that
seems only to work with AWE devices, not with my Ensoniq 1370. So is
there a special program to load sound fonts on that card? Or could it
be something as stupidly simple as the midi playback having its own
volume control (I tried unmuting maximizing the volume on all channels
using alsamixer).
Best
Peter
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