[linux-audio-user] tse3+mandrake 9+alsa ---->finally good sound!

Le Samedi 30 Novembre 2002 20:45, Silvan a écrit : Same card but i use mandrake 9, no synth (i have to use a softsynth, i will explain how below) Yes... I finally managed to make it play music, following Patrick Shirkey's good advices: <snip> You should check out the timidity howto and the "sequencers and soft synths" howtoot --> this one is important Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide </snip> The fact is that you have to redirect the output of tse3play on a port handled by a "virtual midi card" 1) load the snd-virmidi module following the "sequencers and soft synths" howto. Don't forget to edit your /etc/modules.conf: Here's an excerpt of mine taken from"sequencers and soft synths" howto : ************************************************************************* # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371 #module options should go here # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 # card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss # Configure support for OSS /dev/sequencer and # /dev/music (aka /dev/sequencer2) # (Takashi Iwai advises that it is unnecessary # to alias these services beyond the first card, i.e., card 0) #alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss #alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss # Configure card 1 (second card) as a virtual MIDI card alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias snd-card-1 snd-virmidi *********************************************************************** Then look at the output of the following commands: aconnect -lo aconnect -o aconnect -i It should show the ports you can use to use this virtual midi card. Then connect one port to the other aconnect <inputport> <outputport> On my box (Mandrake 9 ; alsa0.9rc5): aconnect 72:0 73:0 where (i had to guess, I don't know what is /dev/midi0 for, any hint anybody?): 72:0 --> /dev/midi 73:0 --> /dev/midi1 So tse3play will redirect the output on /dev/midi (72:0) Then load a softsynth that "listens" on the second port (connected to the first one) aka 73:0 or /dev/midi1 on my box I use iiwusynth : iiwusynth -M /dev/midi1 -A /dev/dsp softs/sounfonts2/FluidR3\ GM.SF2 Remember the two ports are "aconnected" so the input is redirected to the softsynth and this one redirects the stream (after processing it) on the sound card (/dev/dsp) So if I type (forcing the output on the /dev/midi port aka 72:0) tse3play -port 72:0 demos/test.mid I can hear the delicate music of an yet unknown artist. Anyway all this (plus a little guessing) is on the excellent howto I already mentioned: http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/4-sequencers_and_softsynths/quick-toot-m… I have a debian box but haven't tried this on it yet... Happy fiddling!