[linux-audio-user] The missing link

Greetings, I always give my best effort before bothering anyone on this list. I just can't find the missing peice. Here's the situation: I create sequence tracks in jazz. Then I record live tracks in ecasound while the midi file plays via timidiy. The problem is that jazz plays from the sound card and timidity can only play .pat files. I create a lush sounding recording in jazz and when I play it with timidity, it sounds weak. Appeartenly, ecasound only supports playing midi files via timidiy. And timidiy can't access the sounds on the sound card. I've been looking all over for several solutions: (1) A midi to wav converter that creates a wav that sounds like what I created in jazz (via the sound card). Then I can just play the wav in ecasound while I record my live tracks along with it. (Timidity will covert to wav, but it's the .pat sounds). I tried using vsound, but it fails with every midi player I've tried. (2) I keep hearing about alsa "capturing" sound. I can't find any documentation on what and how it "captures". Can I press play in a midi player and the sound can be recorded to wav? If so, how? (3) Is there a program that converts .sf2 to .pat. If so, then when I play midi files with timidity, they will sound like what I created with jazz. Thanks in advance... Rocco __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/