1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
9:19 a.m.
Hi guys. I know I did this before ... but for some reason I can't get
timidity to play on my laptop to an external USB device. Works fine using
the internal speakers.
I can play audio to the USB. No problems there.
But, timidity just won't play nice. No errors (of course). And no sound
either.
I've noticed that the timidity daemon gets launched at boot, and I have
killed that ... no changes. I'm going to work on this some more tomorrow
(after i get a good sleep), but the first thing I'm doing is to kill the
daemon.
This is being controlled by pulse, but that should help :)
I need to get this working in the next few days for a little gig and I
don't want to rely on the internal speakers going to an amp!
Thanks.
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WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
8:29 p.m.
Not sure exactly what you mean by "configure" ...
But, in the pulse volume volume control app I have 2 output devices:
"Built-in audio ..." which I have muted and "PCM2902..." which is the
USB
device. I've clicked on the "set as fallback" button, but that really
doesn't seem to do anything.
Now if I do "aplay -l" I get 2 cards. Card 0 is the builtin; card 2 is the
USB.
If I simply do an "aplay file.wav" the file plays to the external device
(I'm assuming that hitting <make default> might have something to do with
this). So, figuring all is well ...
timidity mymid.mid ... it plays, but no audio.
timidity -Os ... same as above
timidity -Od ... error "/dev/dsp: No such device. Couldn't open dsp device
('d').
It's all crazy since the timidity manual states that -Od is the default ...
yet specifying doesn't work.
Just checked /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg and it appears that everything
there, other than sourcing some soundfonts, is out-commented.
What is really frustrating is that I know it worked before on this
computer, and I remember having a time getting it to work, and I don't
recall what I did :)
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens(a)ladisch.de> wrote:
Bob van der Poel wrote:
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
I can't get timidity to play on my laptop to
an external USB device.
How did you try to configure it?
Regards,
Clemens
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8:54 p.m.
Just to follow up on this:
- I have removed the timidity daemon
- I have tried to play as root. Nope.
- I have installed alsa-oss. No difference
- I have run the alsamixer program. The usb device is NOT muted (if it was
the wav file wouldn't sound either).
Running out of options!
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
Not sure exactly what you mean by
"configure" ...
But, in the pulse volume volume control app I have 2 output devices:
"Built-in audio ..." which I have muted and "PCM2902..." which is the
USB
device. I've clicked on the "set as fallback" button, but that really
doesn't seem to do anything.
Now if I do "aplay -l" I get 2 cards. Card 0 is the builtin; card 2 is the
USB.
If I simply do an "aplay file.wav" the file plays to the external device
(I'm assuming that hitting <make default> might have something to do with
this). So, figuring all is well ...
timidity mymid.mid ... it plays, but no audio.
timidity -Os ... same as above
timidity -Od ... error "/dev/dsp: No such device. Couldn't open dsp device
('d').
It's all crazy since the timidity manual states that -Od is the default
... yet specifying doesn't work.
Just checked /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg and it appears that everything
there, other than sourcing some soundfonts, is out-commented.
What is really frustrating is that I know it worked before on this
computer, and I remember having a time getting it to work, and I don't
recall what I did :)
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens(a)ladisch.de>
wrote:
--
**** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars ****
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
Bob van der Poel wrote:
--
**** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars ****
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
I can't get timidity to play on my laptop to
an external USB device.
How did you try to configure it?
Regards,
Clemens
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9:23 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 11:54:36AM -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
Just to follow up on this:
- I have removed the timidity daemon
- I have tried to play as root. Nope.
- I have installed alsa-oss. No difference
- I have run the alsamixer program. The usb device is NOT muted (if it was
the wav file wouldn't sound either).
Running out of options!
another option for you:
timidity -Od -o /dev/dsp2 ityti.mid
11 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Tito Latini <tito.01beta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
another option for you:
timidity -Od -o /dev/dsp2 ityti.mid
that give:
/dev/dsp2: No such file or directory
Couldn't open dsp device ('d')
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**** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars ****
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
11:23 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 02:00:44PM -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
It works here but I'm testing it without pulse, no asoundrc
and a trivial config for timidity (four lines with trysource).
timidity -Od
-o /dev/dsp2 ityti.mid
???that give:
/dev/dsp2: No such file or directory
Couldn't open dsp device ('d')
??? 
9:32 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Sep 2014, Bob van der Poel wrote:
Not sure exactly what you mean by
"configure" ...
But, in the pulse volume volume control app I have 2 output devices:
"Built-in audio ..." which I have muted and "PCM2902..." which is the
USB
If you are not using internal audio, it may be best to disable it in
bios... though I have heard that it is harder to get alsa to load with no
internal audio. Also, in pulse, the configure tab will let you turn a
sound card off, not just muted.
However, does timidity use pulse? Do you see it show up in the pulse
playback tab? If so then turning the default device off in pulse should
fix it.
This is just general audio, I don't know timidity at all and generally
unistall it as it gets in the way of other stuff I do. I normally use
qsynth through jack.
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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
10:17 p.m.
Bob van der Poel wrote:
If I simply do an "aplay file.wav" the file
plays to the external device
timidity mymid.mid ... it plays, but no audio.
timidity -Os ... same as above
In theory, this should work (because it should play to the same "default"
device as aplay).
The device name is read from the TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME environment variable.
Try "TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME=default timidity mymid.mid ..." or
"TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME=plughw:2 timidity mymid.mid ...".
Does creating a .wav file with Timidity actually work?
Regards,
Clemens
11:07 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens(a)ladisch.de> wrote:
The device name is read from the TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME environment variable.
Try "TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME=default timidity mymid.mid ..." or
"TIMIDITY_PCM_NAME=plughw:2 timidity mymid.mid ...".
Does creating a .wav file with Timidity actually work?
Okay. SOLVED!
And I'm printing this for future reference!!!
While a midi file is being played by timidity: in the Pulse Audio Volume
Control (pavucontrol) go to the playback tab, select Show: AllStreams. The
timidity app shows as using the internal speaker. Just select the USB
device from the menu of devices.
Dead simple.... once you know.
Thanks all.
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
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