MIDI

[Nigel Henry]

On Friday 10 November 2006 23:17, Alan Lake wrote:
> I am not able to play MIDI files with XMMS or KMID.
>
> I'm running vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen on an AMD x86_64 box.  My sound
> card is on the motherboard and is an nForce3 AC'97.  I added AMIDI-plug
> 0.6 to XMMS.  I'm using ALSA backend 0.8, which outputs to Midi Through
> at port 14:0.  My mixer setting is 0:Synth:0.  The Alsamixer shows PCM
> as turned on.  MIDI music appears to play, but no sound comes out.  XMMS
> does play some other formats, like ogg.
>
> Thanks for helping to figure out how to configure xmms so as to be able
> to play MIDI files.

The only soundcards you are going to be able to play midi with are Audigy ones 
using emu drivers, and thats only after loading soundfonts. For other cards 
you will need to use Qsynth for example, load a soundfont onto that, and then 
play Kmid through that.

Soundfonts are available from many places on the Internet, but hammersound is 
one I use. http://www.hammersound.net/

A GM one is probably the best to get.

Nigel.