[linux-audio-user] sfxload: No AWE synth device is found

[Emiliano Grilli]

gioved?, 17 marzo 2005 alle 14:36:23, Til Schubbe ha scritto:
> * On 17.03. Clemens Ladisch (clemens at ladisch.de) muttered:
> 
> > Til Schubbe wrote:
> > > But I still can't load a soundfont:
> > >
> > > til at debian:~ - sfxload /etc/midi/Fender2.sf2
> > > No AWE synth device is found
> > 
> > Do you have a Sound Blaster Live or Audigy card?
> 
> No, I want to play a MIDI-file with my motherboard's internal
> soundcard:

sfxload is used only by souncards with onboard wavetable synthesizer,
for loading soundfonts into it, but isn't that the case


> 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 
> Can I use a soundfont without a special soundcard?

Yes, timidity can use soundfonts; you should put a line similar to this
one in the timidity.cfg file:

soundfont /where/is/my/soundfont.sf2

In debian the config file is /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg - don't know
other distros

> I can play .mid-files with timidity and pmidi.
> 
> Regards
> Til
> 
> 
> PS:
> 
> til at debian:~ - pmidi -l
>  Port     Client name                       Port name
> 128:0     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 0
> 128:1     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 1
> 128:2     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 2
> 128:3     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 3

Perfect, this is the right way of doing it if you don't have an onboard
synth. You can also use "timidity <file>.mid" directly.

Cheers,
-- 
Emiliano Grilli
Linux user #209089 
http://www.emillo.net