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

[Erik Steffl]

The Other wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:11:55 -0700, Erik Steffl <steffl at bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 
>>    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).
> 
> 
> Hello Eric,
> 
> I have a SB Live! Value card that I'm trying to find the sfxload 
> program  for.  I'm using ALSA 1.0.4 on a LinuxFromScratch 5.1 system 
> that I'm  building.  The references to sfxload I've seen say that it's 
> in the ALSA  1.0.4 Utilites package, but I can't find it there.  Was 
> sfxload dropped  from the utilities package and I need to find an older 
> ALSA package, such  as the 0.9.6 version to get it?
> 
> I am successfully using the Sound Blaster Gameport/Midi adapter cable 
> to  run a MIDI cable to a Roland Sound Expansion model (M-GS64).  
> aplaymidi  using the port 64:0 MPU-401 works fine with the Roland.
> 
> But I would like to also be able to use the port-- 65:0 Emu10k1  
> WaveTable.  For that I appear to need the sfxload program.
> 
> Where to get sfxload?

   in debian it's part of awesfx package (also part of awe-drv which I 
think is obsolete) (apt-file search sfxload)

	erik