On Sunday 23 March 2008, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > recommend that you run QSynth with fluid-soundfont.  (Unless you are short Heh, I was writing as though I was on Rosegarden-User instead of Ubuntu Studio User.  Oh well, I don't see any serious adjustments that need to be made. I forgot to mention that this is packaged for Hardy now, and the Hardy packages install just fine on Gutsy, since they are data-only, and have no dependencies...<snip> I don't have the URL for those either, but I found them, and I have confidence that you can too.  :) -- D. Michael McIntyre </blockquote><div> OK, I found the package here: <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/fluid-soundfont-gm/download">http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/fluid-soundfont-gm/download</a> I installed the .deb, but I'm not sure  what it actually does. I have to learn more about how sounfonts work.  Does the .deb  create a .sf2 file I can load into Fluidsynth/Qsynth? I've tried opening Qsynth and the FluidSynth DSSI plugin, but I can't find a soundfont to load.   Over the past few days, I've experimented with what you talked about in your original response.  I found I could record my voice to an audio track and play it back.  Also, I could assign MIDI tracks to Hexter, Trivial Synth, and Less Trivial Synth, and get some sound.  So, I guess it's some problem with TiMidity.  Weird how it worked before, then just stopped working.  XMMS can still play MIDI files with TiMidity. I'm glad you're still willing to entertain these kinds of questions despite being annoyed when they come up repeatedly.  Next time I'll spend more time with the documentation before asking. Thanks, Paul </div></div>