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ranma37
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: MIDI no longer works in 2.6? [SOLVED] |
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I can't load any soundfont to my SB Live!
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$ sfxload 8mbgmsfx.sf2
/dev/sequencer: No such device or address
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Yes both /dev/sequencer and /dev/sound/sequencer exist.
I am using kernel 2.6.2-gentoo-r1
alsa-lib-1.0.2
alsa-utils-1.0.2
Sequencer support is enabled:
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$ gzcat /proc/config.gz |grep SEQUENCER
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
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ranma37
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Don't know why /dev/sequencer doesn't work.
But I found a new utility to load soundfonts!
Download awesfx 0.5.0a from http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/awedrv.html#Utils
There's a new utility called asfxload.
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asfxload loads a soundfont onto ALSA's Emux wavetable. The old version sfxload works only with ALSA's OSS emulation. See the SoundfontHandling page for details of how to use soundfonts.
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jeddhor
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:02 am Post subject: |
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yep, awesfx is what you need to load soundfonts :). it's actually in portage...
try this:
of course, you'll also need some sound fonts to load... try getting the default Creative Labs soundfonts from:
http://www.sf2midi.com
you have to register for an account to log in and be able to download, but it's free, and they haven't spammed me yet ;).
if you get the soundfonts 8mbgmsfx.sf2 and 2mbgmgs.sf2 and put them in /usr/share/sfbank, and then add this:
to your /etc/conf.d/local.start, the nice Creative Labs general MIDI soundfonts will be loaded on boot-up. they make my awesome Final Fantasy VII midis sound *truly* awesome :). |
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