Re: no MIDI from SoundBlaster Live!

Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
> Glenn Holmer wrote:
> 
>>Just upgraded to SuSE 8.0 from 7.2. I had the SB Live working great 
>>under 7.2, with soundfonts for MIDI and everything. Now under 8.0, 
>>KDE's Control Center shows me nothing under Sound/MIDI. MIDI files 
>>don't play even after using sfxload. gamix now shows a breathtaking 
>>panoply of options, but I still can't get MIDI sound. What am I 
>>missing?
> 
> 
> I seem to be having similar problems with SuSE 8.0:
> - KDE's Control Center shows me nothing under Sound/MIDI
> - MIDI files don't play in many programs
> 
> However:
> after sfxload (I linked the default to the SBLIVE 8MB soundfont), I can:
> - play midi through pmidi (to the correct port of course)
> - play midi in smurf (but can't save the darn soundfonts! :()
> - play midi in shaketracker (after setting the correct output port)
> - play midi in kmid (but I do have to load the file directly; it doesn't work by
> clicking on the file in Konquerer, and the preview doesn't work either)
> 
> It seems something is not quite right, but at least I'm a tad ahead of you. :)
> See if you can get some sound through pmidi. Perhaps we can figure this one out
> together.

I'm in the same place, actually.  Someone mentioned to use the
*second* ALSA device listed in the MIDI setup dialog of kmid,
which works great.  I hadn't noticed until your message, though,
that trying to play a MIDI file by clicking in Konqueror gives
"Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably another program is using
it."

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