Re: [LAU] qsynth: errors / engine1 is not working

Shelagh Manton wrote: > On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:58:20 +0100 > schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> Rui Nuno Capela wrote: >> >> >> >>> schoappied wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Joe Hartley wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:54 +0100 >>>>>> schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> When I want to open qsynth on Ubuntu while jackctl is already >>>>>>> running I'll get these messages: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Turn off the setting in Qsynth that starts jack when Qsynth >>>>>> starts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> i'm sorry but this setting is not available on >>>>> qsynth(fluidsynth) >>>>> >>>>> however it's something of the sort on qjackctl >>>>> >>>>> sure, you must have jack running _before_ you start qsynth. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The error about connecting with jack is gone. >>>> >>>> But the one about not connecting to alsa_seq, no midi device >>>> stands still.... >>>> >>>> : Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will >>>> be available. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> do you have the alsa sequencer module loaded? >>> >>> try as root: >>> >>> modprobe snd-seq-midi >>> >>> and to make it permanent on every boot (on ubuntu): >>> >>> echo snd-seq-midi > /etc/modules >>> >>> byee >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks for the replies. >> >> There is a problem with the midi stuff. I must say I don't >> understand close to nothing about this subject on linux, but it >> seems that there are some things which are disturbing eachother... >> >> This is my /etc/modules on Ubuntu: >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. >> # >> # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be >> loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are >> ignored. >> >> loop >> lp >> fuse >> >> snd-seq-midi >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> But I'll still get those messages... >> >> @Arda: >> >> service timidity stop (as root) is not working. Command service >> not found or something.... >> >> >> >> >> > "service" is a redhat thang. Use /etc/init.d/timidity stop instead. > > > > >> I also use noteedit and for that I need to load timidity. Is there >> a way to set up the midi in Ubuntu which works with all programs >> e.g. noteedit, rosegarden, qsynth etc. ?? >> >> >> > timidity has a jack option.. > > timidity -iA -Oj #-iA using Alsa and -Oj outputting to jackd > > This may make timidity play nice with all your jack toys. > > Shelagh > > > >> My sister is a (semi) prof. musicians and she is using Finale >> 2007. I want to look if I can set her mind to linux..... But >> things should be preconfigured smoothly to accomplish this.... >> >>

>> Regards, >> >> Dirk >> >>

What is waste of time is this. Unbelievable that I can't make a simple synth to work... Very irritating. Thanks Shelagh for your reply, but I'll still get: *': Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will be available.' *LEt me explain again what I want. I want to work on Ubuntu with qjackctl > qsynth > rosegarden. I also want to work with other apps like noteedit, zynadd... etc. (qjackctl is running fine). * *- Please explain to me what AND why I've to load in my /etc/modules on Ubuntu. - What is snd-seq, snd-seq-midi? Should I load them both, what is the difference and should I use snd-seq or snd_seq? Should I also load timidity on my /etc/modules? - Can I use just one midi player (snd-seq or timidity) for all my programs eg noteedit, qsynth, qjackctl, rosegarden etc.? - Is there maybe something wrong with my audio/ midi configuration on Ubuntu? (I don't talk about midi hardware). - Are there specific things/ settings I should notice when I connect qsynth to qjackctl? - Is there another synth comparable with qsynth? It seems to me that the way audio is organized on linux is a little bit unorganized and complex... But maybe I'm in a bad period or so... Kind regards, Dirk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user