[LAU] can't record from qsynth in Rosegarden

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Mon Feb 11 13:37:20 UTC 2013


On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:34:15 +0100, Ralf Mardorf  
<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:33 +0100, Ralf Mardorf  
> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:20:20 +0100, linux_matt  
>> <martinspost at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> I have followed the instructions for recording to Rosegarden audio from
>>> Rosegarden midi but can't get this to work. The instructions on the
>>> Rosegarden site indicate that Qsynth output ports should be connected  
>>> to the
>>> Rosegarden Record In port. I have tried this under the ALSA tab and  
>>> also
>>> under the MIDI tab (using a2jmidid to make the MIDI ports visible).   
>>> The
>>> only WAV recording I can get to work is the Gnome sound recorder which  
>>> uses
>>> some form of system audio capture (which I can't get to work through  
>>> jack
>>> either into Rosegarden). Possibly this is connected to Pulseaudio?  
>>> (which is
>>> the only driver which works with Qsynth on my setup). The midi sound  
>>> output
>>> itself from Rosegarden works great
>>> <http://linux-audio.4202.n7.nabble.com/file/n82124/snapshot1.jpeg>
>>
>> So if you use fluidsynth-dssi (the plugin) instead of Qsynth (a GUI for  
>> fluidsynth) it does work?
>> The screenshot perhaps does show that you connected Rosegarden ->  
>> Qsynth? What are the MIDI channel settings for Rosegarden's MIDI  
>> tracks? Can you send MIDI notes by a virtual keyboard or a hardware  
>> keyboard directly to Qsynth, instead of using Rosegarden? Does this  
>> work?
>
> :D
>
> Now I see ... you connected Qsynth -> Rosegarden. Thats wrong! MIDI  
> isn't an audio output, it only does send remote data to play a note or  
> another event, you need to connect ALSA (MIDI) Rosegarden -> Qsynth to  
> remote control the synth and you need to connect ALSA audio Qsynth ->  
> audio card or what ever.

My apologies :(, the screenshot is displayed very bad on my browser, it  
seems to be correctly connected.


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