[LAU] Synthesising a midi file with aeolus

Hello audio users, this is a "I have a .mid and I want an .ogg", Aeolus edition. Longer version: I use Aeolus organ emulator with my midi keyboard and it works like a charm. Today I wanted to grab a midi file and make Aeolus play it, recording the result in an ogg. I managed to do it but boy it was cumbersome; here is what I did: 1. aeolus -A 2. aconnet 14 128 # midi through to aeolus 3. fire up alsamixer and switch CAPTURE from Front Mic to Stereo Mix 4. arecord foobar.wav 5. aplaymidi -p 14 somemidi.mid Lots of plumbing to do! I am particularly not happy with step 4 (alsamixer) because I have to do it manually and I cannot just put it in a bash file. So I ask to you: "is there a simpler way"? Thanks in advance -Francesco