[linux-audio-user] Qsynth query

[Michael T D Nelson]

Hi all,

I'm just making my first steps into recording/composing in Linux, with 
some success.

I've got an complete up-to-date PlanetCCRMA FC3 installation, on a P3 
700Mhz machine, with something in the region of 640Mb RAM, and a dirt 
cheap CMI8738 soundcard. You can't go wrong with a soundcard that cost 
less than £5! (I'll get something better soon, don't worry...)

At the moment, I've started jack with qjackctl. I'm recording my guitar 
in ardour, alongside some sampled drum sounds.

The drum sounds are arranged in Rosegarden, and generated by fluidsynth 
- using the 'nskit' soundfont from 'natural studio'. I'm using 
fluidsynth with the qsynth gui.

Now, this is my first problem:

Whenever I start Rosegarden's transport, I hear no drum sounds from 
qsynth. If I click on qsynth's 'Channels' button, and then double-click 
on the channel, I see "nskit_7free" in channel 1. If I either 
double-click on that channel, or toggle the "preview" tick box, 
fluidsynth starts generating audio output.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I can do to make the 
settings permanent?

Thanks
Michael Nelson