Can't play Midi music.

[Jim]

FC6,
Sound card is detected and I get sound, but I can't play  midi music.
went into Control Panel and midi player has alsa as default player.
Hardware is set to Autodetect .

Jim

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 01 April 2007, jim tate wrote:
>  FC6,
>  Sound card is detected and I get sound, but I can't play  midi music.
>  went into Control Panel and midi player has alsa as default player.
>  Hardware is set to Autodetect .
>
>  Jim 
Try installing Timidity.  It has its own soundbanks, which cuts out a lot of 
problems.

Anne

[Jim]

Anne Wilson wrote:
>  On Sunday 01 April 2007, jim tate wrote:
>    
> > FC6,
> > Sound card is detected and I get sound, but I can't play  midi music.
> > went into Control Panel and midi player has alsa as default player.
> > Hardware is set to Autodetect .
> >
> > Jim
> >     
>
>  Try installing Timidity.  It has its own soundbanks, which cuts out a lot of 
>  problems.
>
>  Anne
>
>     
Thanks Anne. I already had it installed and didn't even  realize it.

That did a great job, does Timidity have a GUi??

Jim

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 02 April 2007, jim tate wrote:
>  Anne Wilson wrote:
>  > On Sunday 01 April 2007, jim tate wrote:
>  >> FC6,
>  >> Sound card is detected and I get sound, but I can't play  midi music.
>  >> went into Control Panel and midi player has alsa as default player.
>  >> Hardware is set to Autodetect .
>  >>
>  >> Jim
>  >
>  > Try installing Timidity.  It has its own soundbanks, which cuts out a lot
>  > of problems.
>  >
>  > Anne
>
>  Thanks Anne. I already had it installed and didn't even  realize it.
>
>  That did a great job, does Timidity have a GUi??
>  
A quick google suggests that it does.  I hadn't seen it before.  Take a look 
at http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Using_MIDI

Anne

[Kelly Miller]

On Monday, April 02, 2007 5:23 pm Anne Wilson wrote:
>  On Sunday 01 April 2007, jim tate wrote:
>  > FC6,
>  > Sound card is detected and I get sound, but I can't play  midi music.
>  > went into Control Panel and midi player has alsa as default player.
>  > Hardware is set to Autodetect .
>  >
>  > Jim
>
>  Try installing Timidity.  It has its own soundbanks, which cuts out a lot
>  of problems.
>
>  Anne 
Yes, Timidity takes care of the problems.  I set it up to start automatically 
when I log in, and then I pointed my midi players at it.

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