[LAU] qsynth: errors

[schoappied]

schoappied wrote:
> Shelagh Manton wrote:
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>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:58:20 +0100
>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
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>>>> schoappied wrote:
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>>>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
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>>>>>> Joe Hartley wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:54 +0100
>>>>>>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> When I want to open qsynth on Ubuntu while jackctl is already
>>>>>>>> running I'll get these messages:
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>>>>>>> Turn off the setting in Qsynth that starts jack when Qsynth
>>>>>>> starts.
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>>>>>> i'm sorry but this setting is not available on qsynth(fluidsynth)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> however it's something of the sort on qjackctl
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>>>>>> sure, you must have jack running _before_ you start qsynth.
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>>>>> The error about connecting with jack is gone.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the one about not connecting to alsa_seq, no midi device
>>>>> stands still....
>>>>>
>>>>> : Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will
>>>>> be available.
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>>>> do you have the alsa sequencer module loaded?
>>>>
>>>> try as root:
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>>>>   modprobe snd-seq-midi
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>>>> and to make it permanent on every boot (on ubuntu):
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>>>>   echo snd-seq-midi > /etc/modules
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>>>> byee
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>>> Thanks for the replies.
>>>
>>> There is a problem with the midi stuff. I must say I don't understand 
>>> close to nothing about this subject on linux, but it seems that there 
>>> are some things which are disturbing eachother...
>>>
>>> This is my /etc/modules on Ubuntu:
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
>>> #
>>> # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
>>> # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
>>>
>>> loop
>>> lp
>>> fuse
>>>
>>> snd-seq-midi
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> But I'll still get those messages...
>>>
>>> @Arda:
>>>
>>> service timidity stop (as root) is not working. Command service not 
>>> found or something....
>>>
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>> "service" is  a redhat thang. Use /etc/init.d/timidity stop instead.
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>>> I also use noteedit and for that I need to load timidity. Is there a
>>> way to set up the midi in Ubuntu which works with all programs e.g. 
>>> noteedit, rosegarden, qsynth etc. ??
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>> timidity has a jack option..
>>
>> timidity -iA -Oj  #-iA using Alsa and -Oj outputting to jackd
>>
>> This may make timidity play nice with all your jack toys.
>>
>> Shelagh
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>>> My sister is a (semi) prof. musicians and she is using Finale 2007. I 
>>> want to look if I can set her mind to linux..... But things should be 
>>> preconfigured smoothly to accomplish this....
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dirk
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> What is waste of time is this. Unbelievable that I can't make a simple synth to work... Very irritating.
>
> Thanks Shelagh for your reply, but I'll still get:
>
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> *': Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will
> be available.'
>
> *LEt me explain again what I want. I want to work on Ubuntu with qjackctl > qsynth > rosegarden. I also want to work with other apps like noteedit, zynadd... etc. (qjackctl is running fine).
> *
> *- Please explain to me what AND why I've to load in my /etc/modules on Ubuntu.
> - What is snd-seq, snd-seq-midi? Should I load them both, what is the difference and should I use snd-seq or snd_seq? Should I also load timidity on my /etc/modules?
> - Can I use just one midi player (snd-seq or timidity) for all my programs eg noteedit, qsynth, qjackctl, rosegarden etc.?
> - Is there maybe something wrong with my audio/ midi configuration on Ubuntu? (I don't talk about midi hardware).
> - Are there specific things/ settings I should notice when I connect qsynth to qjackctl?
> - Is there another synth comparable with qsynth?
>
> It seems to me that the way audio is organized on linux is a little bit unorganized and complex... But maybe I'm in a bad period or so...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Dirk
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I've zynaddsubfx working with qjackctl and rosegarden. What does that 
say about qsynth which is not working and the midi settings?


Dirk