Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-16 Thread User zos
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote: > > Do you have proper permissions? I did chmod 666 /dev/sequencer but > no help Yeah. That was just my first thought. I dunno. I've seen weirder things not work. > > You might want to try that as root... > > I also did but nothing Have yo

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-15 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Steve Kieu wrote: > So is there anyway to create a virtual device for > playmidi or kmid to work?. I would like to know if I > can configure kmidi as a netscape plugin too, do you > have any information? > > Thanks very much for your info. > The short answer (from me) is "I don't know"! As I

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-15 Thread Steve Kieu
--- "Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kieu wrote: > > >--snip--< > > Why kmidi can play (not mention about quality) but > > playmidi and kmid can't? > > > > This has to do with how the actual musical sounds > are generated. In > older sound cards (like the original SoundBlas

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-15 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Steve Kieu wrote: >--snip--< > Why kmidi can play (not mention about quality) but > playmidi and kmid can't? > This has to do with how the actual musical sounds are generated. In older sound cards (like the original SoundBlasters) the sound "synthesis" was done with an on-board chip. The most

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread Steve Kieu
--- User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa > > modules > > > > snd-card-intel8x0 > > > > sound system is ok just midi; when I play using > > > > playmidi test.mid > > > > it

Re: midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread User zos
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Steve Kieu wrote: > Hi, > > I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa > modules > > snd-card-intel8x0 > > sound system is ok just midi; when I play using > > playmidi test.mid > > it says > open /dev/sequencer: No such device Do you have proper permi

midi problem with on board sound i810

2001-07-14 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I got i810 board (sound integrated). I use alsa modules snd-card-intel8x0 sound system is ok just midi; when I play using playmidi test.mid it says open /dev/sequencer: No such device then I try kmid: Player :: There are no midi ports ! if I run kmidi it can play but the sound quality