[LAU] beginning audio setup: sblive midi not working

[James Stone]

On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 05:25:14PM +0200, Hein Zelle wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> 
> > Have a look in alsamixer on the CLI. You do need the control "Music"
> > to be up.  This control used to be called "Synth" which made more
> > sense. I've just checked it on Etch with my 225C, and it plays ok,
> > but a bit quiet. I just connected the keyboard (72) to 0 Emu10k1
> > Port0.
> 
> Thanks for the tip, but it appears to make no difference.  The control
> is still called "Synth" on this card, it's relatively old (not exactly
> sure how much).  I must say the alsamixer is acting strangely with
> this card - some controls can't be changed, some (including synth)
> won't be muted.  The synth does let itself be adjusted.  The total volume
> doesn't respond to "pcm" or "main", I need to use "Wave Surround" instead.

I think you have the speakers plugged into the rear output. The
synth only plays out of the front output, and the rear output is
adjusted using wave surround (I have my headphones plugged into
that one on my computer).

James