From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: SBLive midi synth + ALSA doesn't work. Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:12:16 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <20030831180443.10bba610.brix82@libero.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030831180443.10bba610.brix82@libero.it> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Brix Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:04:43 +0200, Brix wrote: > > Hello! > I'm an (italian, so my english is not very good..) debian woody user, I'm interested in developing an "ear trainer" using MIDI under ALSA but i'm unsuccessfully trying to get my SBLive 1024 midi synth to work. > I installed ALSA-0.9.2 and ALSA-0.9.6 on my linux-2.4.18, 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 system following instructions on the alsa page: > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Live&chip=EMU10K1&module=emu10k1. > After loading modules: snd-emu10k1, snd-pcm-oss, snd-mixer-oss, snd-seq-oss i can listen to CDs, play music etc. but not use the MIDI synth device. > I then followed instructions on http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/linuxfocus/English/September2002/article259.shtml#259lfindex4 about midi on SBLive. > I installed sfxload, loaded soundfonts from the SBLive CD without errors, but the command `pmidi -l` returns me nothing, and `playmidi` tells me: > > jazz:~$ playmidi ~brix/test.mid > Playmidi 2.4 Copyright (C) 1994-1997 Nathan I. Laredo, AWE32 by Takashi Iwai > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > For details please see the file COPYING. > playmidi: No playback device found. you need to load snd-seq-oss module. please set up /etc/modules.conf properly. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf