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- For a card with an external Midi connection,
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you need to load snd-seq-midi.
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- For the OPL2/3 internal synthesizer
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- For the OPL2/3 internal synthesiser
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you need to load snd-synth-opl3.
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- For the AWE32/64 internal synthesizer
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- For the AWE32/64 internal synthesiser
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you need to load snd-synth-emu8000.
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- For the SB Live! internal synthesizer
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- For the SB Live! internal synthesiser
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you need to load snd-synth-emu10k1.
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- (Let me know of any more)
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2.a If you have an AWE32/64 or SB Live! you will need to load the
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sounds with sfxload in the same way as for the standard kernel
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2.b If you have the OPL3 FM synthesizer you will have to load the
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FM instruments with sbiload. See note below.
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sounds with sfxload in the same way as for the standard kernel
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2.b If you have the OPL3 FM synthesiser you will have to load the
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FM instruments with sbiload. See note below.
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3. Make sure that the synth in the mixer is turned
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up and unmuted if appropriate.
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up and unmuted if appropriate.
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it will give you a list of the possible devices that it
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can play to. On my system I get:
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Port Client name Port name
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64:0 0: MIDI Synth MIDI 0-0
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65:0 AWE Wave Table Synth : 0 Emu8000 port 0
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65:1 AWE Wave Table Synth : 0 Emu8000 port 1
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65:2 AWE Wave Table Synth : 0 Emu8000 port 2
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65:3 AWE Wave Table Synth : 0 Emu8000 port 3
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Port Client name Port name
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64:0 Rawmidi 0 - EMU10K1 MPU-401 (U EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)
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65:0 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 0
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65:1 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 1
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65:2 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 2
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65:3 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 3
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128:0 FLUID Synth (28152) Synth input port (28152)
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129:0 Client-129 TiMidity port 0
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129:1 Client-129 TiMidity port 1
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Any of the port numbers in the first column can be used with pmidi. In
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the example above the first one is the external Midi port, and the other
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four are the internal wavetable synthesizer.
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the example above the first one is the external Midi port, and the next
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four are the internal wave table synthesiser on the SoundBlaster Live!
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If you don't see anything listed then check that the correct ALSA modules
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are loaded as in the section "Before use".
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You can also use spaces to separate with suitable quoting
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on the command line.
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(This note was provided by Dmitrii Sadovskii)
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This is what has to be done to use the OPL3 FM synthesizer with pmidi
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This is what has to be done to use the OPL3 FM synthesiser with pmidi
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(provided that the ALSA's respective card module is already loaded)
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# modprobe -k snd-synth-opl3
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the sound card (or the driver?) does not keep the instrument
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patches after suspend so sbiload should be called at resume
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patches after suspend, so sbiload should be called at resume
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(as well as alsactl restore)
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It should be said that ALSA+pmidi plays with better quality than OSS/Free
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but that in general FM synthesizers are not great for good midi.
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but that in general FM synthesisers are not great for good midi.
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