[linux-audio-user] MIDI on alsa with SBLIve

[Erik Steffl]

Laura Conrad wrote:
>>>>>>"Maarten" == Maarten de Boer <mdeboer at iua.upf.es> writes:
> 
> 
>     >> When I run "playmidi -a score.midi", it looks like it's
>     >> playing, but there isn't any sound.  (Yes, the speaker is plugged into
>     >> the right place.)  I've looked at the mixer settings
>     >> and don't see anything obvious to change.
> 
>     Maarten> Did you load a soundfont with sfxload?
> 
> No, that must have been the problem.  Now I have a new problem,
> because I've tried several soundfonts, and some of them don't work at
> all (no sound), and some of them produce a really scary noise.  I
> think they all came from either the SBLive  cd or my old Soundblaster
> CD.
> 
>     Maarten> (You could use the 8gmgsmt.sf2 (i think) soundfont that
>     Maarten> comes on the SBLive driver cd)
> 
> One of the ones that produces a scary noise is called 8mbgmsfx.sf2.
> Is that what you're thinking of?  I don't seem to have an 8gmgsmt.sf2.

   8MBGMSFX.SF2

   that's the one from soundblaster cd (that came with the card), works 
for me (kernel 2.6.5 with alsa, soundbalster live platinum), I use 
sfxload to load it (IIRC you need /dev/sequencer working).

	erik