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    Midi Problems

    I know this has been addressed before, but as a newbie, I am still confused.

    I have installed Rosegarden 4 (I have also installed linux-lowlatency - which got rid of the annoying "latency too low" message), I have also installed Timidity,BUT , I still do not have any midi sound. No, that's not completely true.... playing a midi file via timidity (timidity filename.mid) works fine. Kmidi and Rosgarden run; they both indicate the song is playing, but not sound. I have tried to use timidity as a server (timidity -iA -B8,2 -Os) but still no sound. Normal audio CD's, MP3's, WAV etc run fine through all my media players but NOT midi's.

    I am not a stranger with notation software (Sibelius, Noteworthy and Melody Assistant) which run on the other operating system that I will not name. I enjoy notation but I am becoming a bit more than annoyed with how Linux has to be "tweaked" to get some things to run properly.

    My aim is to get Linux to do everything that windblows does, then I can give it the flick, and run completely on Linux.

    I have tried Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, Knoppix etc and found that Ubuntu is by far the easiest to install and run. Then I come across THIS problem and find that I am not alone.

    Please, please, please, can someone produce a document / script / video / on how to setup (K)ubuntu to play midi's (from scratch)

    Regards

    J
    Keep your eye on the ball, your shoulder to the wheel, your ear to the ground, your nose to the grindstone and your back against the wall....&nbsp; <br /><br />Now, try and work in that position!!
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    Re: Midi Problems

    Not sure if you have reviewed MidiSoftwareSynthesisHowTo but if not, it may be worth reviewing.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: Midi Problems

      Thankyou for responding so quickly.

      As they say here in Australia, "Your bloods worth bottlin', mate.".

      I followed the instructions as indicated. Loaded the necessary files. Modified the appropriate cfg files. Tested "pmidi", "kmid" via the command-line and "BINGO!!". Sound (whoo hoo!!)

      With fingers crossed, started rosegarden, loaded a midi, pressed "play". "BINGO!!". Sound !!!!!

      Stone the flammin' crows! I was about to give up.

      Thankyou so very much.

      Regards

      J
      Keep your eye on the ball, your shoulder to the wheel, your ear to the ground, your nose to the grindstone and your back against the wall....&nbsp; <br /><br />Now, try and work in that position!!
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        Well, if I thought I could get away with it, I'd draw a pint and send it to you!

        Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that my pointing you to that link was what you needed.

        G'day!
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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