Hi!
I haven't seen if anyone replied yet, so many mails in here... :0)
Fluidsynth is nice for playing (like in connecting your midi-keyboard),
there's also a GUI for it called qsynth and another one I believe is called
fluid~. You can also use it for playing back midi-files.
Muse, the big midi-sequencer, has fluidsynth integrated a plugin.
There's also timidity, which can do the trick. I've heard, that people have
connected a keyboard to it, though I don't know how. Still, worth a trial.
Kindest regards
Julien
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