[LAU] qsynth: errors / engine1 is not working
schoappied
schoappied at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 09:39:18 EST 2008
schoappied wrote:
> Shelagh Manton wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:23:47 +0100
>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Shelagh Manton wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:58:20 +0100
>>>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> schoappied wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Joe Hartley wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:54 +0100
>>>>>>>>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I want to open qsynth on Ubuntu while jackctl is already
>>>>>>>>>> running I'll get these messages:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Turn off the setting in Qsynth that starts jack when Qsynth
>>>>>>>>> starts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i'm sorry but this setting is not available on
>>>>>>>> qsynth(fluidsynth)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> however it's something of the sort on qjackctl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sure, you must have jack running _before_ you start qsynth.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> do you have the alsa sequencer module loaded?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> try as root:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> modprobe snd-seq-midi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and to make it permanent on every boot (on ubuntu):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> echo snd-seq-midi > /etc/modules
>>>>>>
>>>>>> byee
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 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....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> "service" is a redhat thang. Use /etc/init.d/timidity stop instead.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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. ??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> Have her look at this page.
>>
>> http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html
>>
>> Which is by someone who uses finale and tried lilypond.
>>
>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dirk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> Dirk, I have had problems as I have an on-board soundcard and "another"
>> (which is too embarrassingly old to mention on this venerable list) and
>> I had to tell jack specifically to use hw:1 not the onboard card.
>> Do you have an extra sound-card confusing things?
>>
>> Has anyone asked you to try this command?
>>
>> lsmod | grep snd
>>
>> If you send the result to this list, someone might be able to help you.
>>
>> But I can tell you that it *is* possible to have jackd, timidity (using
>> jack output) qsynth and rosegarden running together as I've done it on
>> my box which runs ubuntu.
>>
>> Shelagh
>>
>> PS my /etc/modules file does not have snd-seq-midi listed. Go figure.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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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:
>>>
>>>
>>> *': 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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>>
>>
> As I said, only engine 1 is not working.... You can see that in the
> messages displayed by qsynth.
> -------------------------------------------
> e at ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep snd
> snd_rtctimer 4384 1
> snd_intel8x0 34844 1
> snd_ac97_codec 100772 1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 44928 0
> snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 80644 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
> snd_seq_oss 33792 0
> snd_seq_midi 9600 0
> snd_rawmidi 25728 1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event 8576 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq 54128 7
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer 24324 3 snd_rtctimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device 9228 5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd 55172 13
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> soundcore 9312 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> -------------------------------------------------
> qsynth messages:
>
>
> 13:38:55.455 Qsynth1: Creating audio driver (jack)...
> 13:38:55.581 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI router (alsa_seq)...
> 13:38:55.582 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI driver (alsa_seq)...
> *13:38:55.615 Qsynth1: Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No
> MIDI input will be available.
> JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm]
> ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ snd-seq
> fluidsynth: error: Error opening ALSA sequencer*
> 13:38:57.874 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI player...
> 13:38:57.874 Qsynth1: fluid_synth_program_reset()
> 13:38:57.892 Qsynth1: Synthesizer engine started.
> 13:38:57.894 Qsynth2: Creating synthesizer engine...
> 13:38:58.022 Qsynth2: Loading soundfont:
> "/home/japke/Muziek/Soundfonts/jRhodes3.sf2" (bank offset 0)...
> 13:39:01.347 Qsynth2: Creating audio driver (jack)...
> 13:39:01.468 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI router (alsa_seq)...
> 13:39:01.468 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI driver (alsa_seq)...
> 13:39:01.530 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI player...
>
>
>
> Dirk
>
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edit: forgot to change the title. I realise that the making of something
like qsynth should be praised... It saves time ;)
back on topic...
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