BartonBosch(a)aol.com wrote:
  So if I wanted to deal with the FM sound quality I
could use the
 legacy synth? 
Yes. (You have to load instrument data with sbiload before using it.)
   I guess Muse
uses the ALSA sequencer. Run "aconnect -o" to see a
 list of output ports. 
 This is the output of aconnect -o when both TiMidity and MusE are running:
 [barton@localhost barton]$ aconnect -o
 client 128: 'Client-128' [type=user]
     0 'TiMidity port 0 '
     1 'TiMidity port 1 '
 client 129: 'MusE Sequencer' [type=user]
     0 'MusE Port 0     ' 
 
Neither the MPU port nor the FM synth are there.
   Did you
specifiy the parameters for snd-ymfpci in modules.conf?
 (e.g. mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388) 
 No I didn't.  So to use alsa with the midi port that is on the
 motherboard I would need to configure the memory address
 mpu_port=0x330 in /etcmodules.conf?  Does the line need to go in a
 specific place, and is that the exact syntax? 
 
Put the following line anywhere in you modules.conf (if there is
already a line beginning with "options snd-ymfpci", simply add these
parameters):
        options snd-ymfpci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
  Is this documented somewhere? 
In the entry for your card at <http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/>,
but the options aren't really explained.
HTH
Clemens