Ben, Can you install fluidsynth/QSynth and the fluidsynth soundfiles (GM)? I've done that on every distro I've used for a long time. I configure QSynth to show its running process as 'QSynth' and in FB's midi settings I choose that. Also, QSynth has to be configured for the correct sound system (ALSA, etc.) and restarted (usually the first time its run). You can confirm that fluidsynth works as a standalone program from a terminal (its docs explain how to do that, though I can prolly find an email I once sent to a friend explaining all this that I can copy/paste the exact commands). If FS works from the terminal, then QSynth should (!) be able to set it up as a daemon that FB can use.
Regards -- "There is only love, and then oblivion. Love is all we have to set against hatred." (paraphrased) Ian McEwan On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM Ben Engbers <ben.engb...@be-logical.nl> wrote: > Op 03-02-2025 om 18:55 schreef Brian O'Folan: > > Hello. I downloaded Lilypond 2.24.4 and Frescobaldi 3.3.0 onto My Mac > > Monterey OS system and had frustrating results. I plan to get a > > laptop with a Linux OS and wondered if someone could advise a LInux > > distro that has these packages or something similar. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian > > > > Fedora 41. I haven't figured out how to use midi but that should be > possible. > > Ben > >
