Hi David! No, as far as I know, and that *should* be sufficient, Timidity doesn't have any itnerface, in which you can edit the sounds. But if you look at timidity -h or the manpage, you will find a lot of options to disable the rendering - or acceptance - of controllers. Maybe in one of the graphical versions, you can set this from a menu. As Renato pointed out, you can use Swami to edit soundfonts and Swami should still have a fluidsynth instance built-in. It's not as powerful as Timidity, but it can play MIDI files. It only understands soundfonts. What is wrong with your ALSA? Is the XG generator you're talking about a soundcard? If not, why not use it with JACK? Warmly yours Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! ====== Find my music at ====== http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html ..................................... "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)