midi files in (k)ubuntu

[golfer]

forgot to say there's a better sound patch at
http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/testing/misc/deb/timidity-patches-eaw_12-0fbriere.1_all.deb

bye

On 11/12/05, golfer <golfbuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had to 'modprobe snd-seq-dummy' to get the right device to be
> created when starting timidity.
>
> You can then start timidity with 'sudo /etc/init.d/timidity' and you
> can confirm it with 'ps aux | grep timidity'
>
> Once it's running, kde settings for sound setup in the midi tab should
> have a drop down for the 'timidity device' .. you can select this and
> then be able to use kmid to play your midi's.
>
> Also, read the notes in /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg about what to do if
> you have a slow processor.
>
> regards
>
> On 11/12/05, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:37:44 +0300
> > Makurin Roman <drolyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All
> > > May be its a strange question, but how can I play midi files in ubuntu ?
> I
> >
> > > can`t find any obvious way to do this. I`ve got Creative SBLive 5.1
> sound
> >
> > > card wich works wery well with alsa.
> >
> > The simplest way appears to be to do this:
> >
> > 1) Install the " timidity" package and the "freepats" package ( freepats
> is
> > a set of patch files that timidity looks for by default - you can also use
> a
> > sound font, but this is a bit more involved)
> >
> > 2) If you want a GUI for timidity, rather than plain command line,
> install
> > "timidity-interfaces-extra " This package gives you a few relatively OK
> > front ends for the player. Of course they don't make it clear that you
> need
> > to run
> >
> > timidity -ig
> >
> > to get the GTK+ GUI  (hey, I had to dig around in the man pages for
> timidity
> > to work this out ;) ) . If you like a retro look you can also run
> >
> > timidity -ia
> >
> > which I think is a coloured Athena widget set. Looks like the best 1993
> had
> > to offer, but if you like dark grey with tasteful dabs of olive green and
> > violet, it might be just what you wanted...
> >
> > If you have freepats and timidity, it *should* work "out of the box".
> > (Sounds of hollow laughter).  Just run " timidity -ig yourmidi.mid " or
> > "timidity yourmidi.mid " for the straight version without pretty boxes.
> >
> > Troubleshooting:  Timidity looks for freepats - see
> >
> > /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
> > /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
> >
> > More complicated stuff:
> >
> > You can run timidity in "server" mode , in conjunction with apps like
> > rosegarden4 ( a really nice app once you get it working) and kmid. This
> is
> > left, as they say, as "an exercise for the reader"  ;-) It does work,
> > eventually, but involves far more hacking about than it should. You will
> > read about jackd, and tear your hair out trying to get everything playing
> > nicely together. A few magic incantations that work with varying degrees
> of
> > success to use timidity for these purposes are
> >
> > timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100
> > timidity -iA -B4,12 -Oj -s 44100     #better, it seems
> > timidity -iA -B2,8 -s 44100            # this works too ?
> >
> > The comments are from my experiments , on my set-up. YMMV , as they say.
> > These spells are ways of starting timidity in server mode - after
> starting
> > these you have to "tune in " with kmidi or rosegarden4 , and connect to
> port
> > 128:0 if I remember correctly. (It's been a while since I played with
> this
> > so I might be off target here). I also had to modprobe some sequencing
> > modules ( snd_seq springs to mind, but there are others). If you need to
> do
> > this, remember to add the modules to /etc/modules so they will load on
> > boot.
> >
> > See? It's all really user-friendly!  ( *cough* )
> >
> > You will hone your googling skills, and see many lines roughly
> interpretable
> > as " the rest of this configuration is trivial, and requires no comment".
> > Keep a sense of humour if you decide to delve more deeply...
> >
> > Unless of course, unlike me, you actually understand the terminology and
> > concepts involved, in which case it's no doubt simplicity itself ...
> >
> > A starting point might be
> >
> > http://linux-sound.org/
> >
> > Do read the timidity man page. It contains much that is useful. If you're
> > like me, you won't understand much of it, but a bit of perseverance pays
> > dividends.
> >
> > Good luck !
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
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