XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

[S Iremonger]

I'm a little miffed how to make the MIDI sound work on XDosEmu under a
  experimental Suse 9.1 system.  I can't seen to find how to install
  the midid -- maybe this simply isn't included in any suse 9.1
  personal package (??).

Also, I wonder about the state of FM sound emulators ????.

'DosBox' for example, has adlib FM-synthesis support!!, but dosemu
  doesn't seemingly ;-(.  Are there any projects or mechanisms for
  adding support for this ?

Any pointers or useful-information would be appreciated ;-).

-S Iremonger <exxsi@bath.ac.uk>

Re: XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

S Iremonger wrote:
> the midid -- maybe this simply isn't included in any suse 9.1
> personal package (??).
Very probably, but I think it's better to
ask that in the SuSE mailing lists - they
may know better.
Alternatively use the ALSA way, it doesn't
require midid.

> 'DosBox' for example, has adlib FM-synthesis support!!, but dosemu
>  doesn't seemingly ;-(.  Are there any projects or mechanisms for
>  adding support for this ?
> Any pointers or useful-information would be appreciated ;-).
There is the unmaintained patch, reportedly
used to work for some people:
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/stas/opl1c.diff

Re: XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

[S Iremonger]

>> the midid -- maybe this simply isn't included in any suse 9.1
>> personal package (??).
>Very probably, but I think it's better to
>ask that in the SuSE mailing lists - they may know better.
I must find the relevant mailing list then ;-).
>Alternatively use the ALSA way, it doesn't
>require midid.
Errr, I've never heard anythign about this 'alsa way'.

Pleas, please, point me in the right direction for finding out about
  this 'alsa way' of implementing the MIDI in dosemu.  Also, how does
  that work in relation to playing through 'arts' or 'esd' (e.g. through
  the 'artsdsp' shell whatnot) ?

>>  doesn't seemingly ;-(.  Are there any projects or mechanisms for
>>  adding support for this ?
>> Any pointers or useful-information would be appreciated ;-).
>There is the unmaintained patch, reportedly used to work for some people:
>http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/stas/opl1c.diff
Hrrm, well Ive' noted this message so I can look later.

Thankyou for the reply though ;-).

-S Iremonger <exxsi@bath.ac.uk>

Re: XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

S Iremonger wrote:
>>Alternatively use the ALSA way, it doesn't
>>require midid.
> Errr, I've never heard anythign about this 'alsa way'.
> Pleas, please, point me in the right direction for finding out about
> this 'alsa way' of implementing the MIDI in dosemu.
sound-usage.txt:3.1.2.2

>  that work in relation to playing through 'arts' or 'esd' (e.g. through
>  the 'artsdsp' shell whatnot) ?
That should work but not if you also use
the digital sound in dosemu, which goes
to /dev/dsp. You'll have to use aoss with
dosemu then, for which you'll have to set
$_oss_stalled_frags=(2) in your dosemu.conf.

Re: XDosEmu MIDI setup and/or FM sound emulators?

[Dave Phillips]

Greetings:

  As Stas pointed out you can dispense with the midid way and simply 
link your ALSA MIDI ports to the following dosemu components:

       ~/.dosemu/run/dosemu-midi ---> /dev/snd/midiC1D0      [this 
represents a link to an ALSA virtual MIDI port, but you can link to 
whatever MIDI port you prefer]
       ~/.dosemu/run/dosemu-midi_in ---> /dev/midi00   [see above]

  If you don't know how to make a link, see 'man ln' at the command 
prompt, it should tell you all you need to know.

  Let me know if you need further assistance. I'm not sure about the FM 
synth stuff, Stas's info should get you started.

Best,

dp

PS: I use MIDI I/O under dosemu to run Sequencer Plus Gold, one of the 
best MIDI sequencers ever made. Performance under dosemu is excellent.