3 Jun
2004
3 Jun
'04
9:24 p.m.
Hi!
What is the procdure to get timidity++ to work with an OSS raw midi in,
live?
mvh // Jens M Andreasen
3 Jun
3 Jun
10:19 p.m.
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
What is the procdure to get timidity++ to work with an
OSS raw midi in,live?
mvh // Jens M Andreasen
Hi Jens:
I assume you want to play TiMidity as a softsynth ? Here's how I set
it up for use with a MIDI sequencer:
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -A100 -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0
where:
-iA sets up TiMidity as a sound server
-B2,8 buffer settings
-Os output format
-A100 amplitude percentage
-EFreverb sets reverb to 0
-EFchorus sets chorus to 0
The effects settings reduce CPU consumption. Btw, TiMidity will start to
hog the CPU after a while.
It appears as a client in the ALSA patch bay, so I just connect any
available input device to it and I'm wailin'...
Of course, if that isn't what you want to do you can just ignore this
message... :)
Best regards,
dp
10:48 p.m.
Uhmm ... you mention ALSA so we may not be on the same level? I was
asking for OSS (Yes I know I'm an old fashioned bastard reluctant to
change a working system.)
But otherwise you are right, I would like to learn how to use timidity++
as a realtime synthesizer module.
/jens
On fre, 2004-06-04 at 02:52, Dave Phillips wrote:
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
What is the procdure to get timidity++ to work
with an OSS raw midi in,live?
mvh // Jens M Andreasen
Hi Jens:
I assume you want to play TiMidity as a softsynth ? Here's how I set
it up for use with a MIDI sequencer:
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -A100 -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0
where:
-iA sets up TiMidity as a sound server
-B2,8 buffer settings
-Os output format
-A100 amplitude percentage
-EFreverb sets reverb to 0
-EFchorus sets chorus to 0
The effects settings reduce CPU consumption. Btw, TiMidity will start to
hog the CPU after a while.
It appears as a client in the ALSA patch bay, so I just connect any
available input device to it and I'm wailin'...
Of course, if that isn't what you want to do you can just ignore this
message... :)
Best regards,
dp
4 Jun
4 Jun
12:35 p.m.
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
Uhmm ... you mention ALSA so we may not be on the same
level? I was
asking for OSS (Yes I know I'm an old fashioned bastard reluctant to
change a working system.)
But otherwise you are right, I would like to learn how to use timidity++
as a realtime synthesizer module.
Hi Jens:
I realize you were asking about OSS. Are you using OSS/Linux or the
deprecated OSS/Free kernel modules ? If you're using OSS/Linux Dev has
told me about their new 'cuckoo' technology that allows OSS/Linux apps
to work in an ALSA environment. I haven't checked how truly 'ALSA-like'
cuckoo may be, but I'll try to test it asap. That might let you do what
you want. Othewise, I think you're not going to be able to utilize
TiMidity as a softsynth outside of an ALSA environment. If I understand
correctly TiMidity will only function as a server under ALSA.
Why are you using OSS instead of ALSA ?
Best regards,
dp
6 Jun
6 Jun
2:40 p.m.
On fre, 2004-06-04 at 17:08, Dave Phillips wrote:
Why are you using OSS instead of ALSA ?
Short answer:
I bought a second hand computer with a soundcard supported by none
except for some freaks at sourceforce(sp?). The driver was incomplete
and after a while I managed to fsck up everything. So I went back to the
attic and picked out the old SB16. Now the expert system managing new
hardware additions refuses to see this card ... The good news is that I
managed to get it up and running manually. I have a clicke-di-click
userinterface that gives me the option to choose between OSS and ALSA,
except that running ALSA is a nono since, according to the system, I
have no soundcard ...
If you want the long answer I can mail you off the list :)
/jens
Best regards,
dp
11:50 p.m.
On fre, 2004-06-04 at 17:08, Dave Phillips wrote:
... If I
understand
correctly TiMidity will only function as a server under ALSA.
It appers to have something running under OSS as well. When I do some
testing to figure out what is going on, I get this:
$ ./timidity/timidity -ir 777
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
Couldn't open dsp device (`d')
bind: Permission denied
So I can make it open /dev/dsp and a socket.
4 Jun
4 Jun
12:36 p.m.
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
On fre, 2004-06-04 at 02:52, Dave Phillips wrote:
...
...
Not sure. Maybe Takashi knows ? Perhaps the problem is solved in more
recent versions of TiMidity, I'll have to check out the latest &
greatest (which now includes JACK support). I like using TiMidity as a
lightweight softsynth, but that eventual CPU hogging is not good.
Best regards,
dp
The effects settings reduce CPU consumption. Btw,
TiMidity will start to
hog the CPU after a while.
Any Idea why is this? I mean the CPU hogging ..
1:01 p.m.
At Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:09:56 -0400,
Dave Phillips wrote:
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
I'm not sure in which situation it hogs the CPU on Dave's system.
But, in general, it might be because of the sample interpolation.
The recent timidity uses an expensive method (gaussian). When many
voices are used, it costs high CPU power.
Using a cheaper one like the linear interpolation (either -N0 or
-Efresamp=l) will help in such a case.
Takashi
On fre, 2004-06-04 at 02:52, Dave Phillips wrote:
...
...
Not sure. Maybe Takashi knows ? Perhaps the problem is solved in more
recent versions of TiMidity, I'll have to check out the latest &
greatest (which now includes JACK support). I like using TiMidity as a
lightweight softsynth, but that eventual CPU hogging is not good. The effects settings reduce CPU consumption. Btw,
TiMidity will start to
hog the CPU after a while.
Any Idea why is this? I mean the CPU hogging ..
3:52 p.m.
Takashi Iwai wrote:
I'm not sure in which situation it hogs the CPU on
Dave's system.
But, in general, it might be because of the sample interpolation.
The recent timidity uses an expensive method (gaussian). When many
voices are used, it costs high CPU power.
Using a cheaper one like the linear interpolation (either -N0 or
-Efresamp=l) will help in such a case.
I'll try it and see how it works over time. I'm using TiMidity 2.11.3,
it's all right when I start using it, but if I leave it running
eventually the CPU usage climbs to a very high amount, sometimes close
to 90%, while idling.
Btw, I don't see the resamp option listed in 'timidity -h', perhaps I
need a newer version ? I'd like JACK support with TiMidity anyway, I
think the latest version now does, yes ?
Best,
dp
4:37 p.m.
At Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:25:01 -0400,
Dave Phillips wrote:
Takashi Iwai wrote:
do you mean timidity 2.13.0, or really 2.11.3?
I'm not sure in which situation it hogs the
CPU on Dave's system.
But, in general, it might be because of the sample interpolation.
The recent timidity uses an expensive method (gaussian). When many
voices are used, it costs high CPU power.
Using a cheaper one like the linear interpolation (either -N0 or
-Efresamp=l) will help in such a case.
I'll try it and see how it works over time. I'm using TiMidity 2.11.3,
it's all right when I start using it, but if I leave it running
eventually the CPU usage climbs to a very high amount, sometimes close
to 90%, while idling. Btw, I don't see the resamp option listed in
'timidity -h', perhaps I
need a newer version ? I'd like JACK support with TiMidity anyway, I
think the latest version now does, yes ?
yes, grab the latest one from timidity.sf.net.
Takashi
5 Jun
5 Jun
12:34 p.m.
Takashi Iwai wrote:
[dlphilp@localhost]$ timidity
TiMidity++ version 2.11.3 -- MIDI to WAVE converter and player
Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Masanao Izumo <mo(a)goice.co.jp>
Copyright (C) 1995 Tuukka Toivonen <tt(a)cgs.fi>
Done. I compiled it with no troubles, I'll install and test it later today.
See you in Bordeaux ! I think Francois plans to get there on the 7th,
I'll be arriving on the train with him (and Patrice, I think).
Best,
dp
I'm using
TiMidity 2.11.3,
it's all right when I start using it, but if I leave it running
eventually the CPU usage climbs to a very high amount, sometimes close
to 90%, while idling.
do you mean timidity 2.13.0, or really 2.11.3?
Btw, I
don't see the resamp option listed in 'timidity -h', perhaps I
need a newer version ? I'd like JACK support with TiMidity anyway, I
think the latest version now does, yes ?
yes, grab the latest one from timidity.sf.net.
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