Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:55:29 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Brunner <cjb@efn.org> To: Andrew Hodges <ahodges@tbs.com.au> Cc: "'freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Playing Midi files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980122185404.2775B-100000@person.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <c=AU%a=_%p=Territory_Busine%l=GREEBO-980123021419Z-331@greebo.tbs.com.au>
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Andrew, I also tried the OSS drivers some time ago, but that was on 2.2.1. I don't have any problem with the wave output (i.e. .au, .wav, .mp3, .mod, etc...), but it just those darn midis! Any suggestions? - Chris Brunner - - cjb@efn.org - On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Andrew Hodges wrote: > Chris, > you have almost the identical setup to me (I don't have the > additional memory) I have also tried the drivers from 4Front > Technologies > the OSS/FreeBSD Drivers. I am not sure if we exhibit the same problems > though. I haven't had a core dump, but when I do something like > > cat xxxxxx.au >/dev/audio it sounds really crappy. I get hissing that > doesn;t sound anyhting like it is supposed to. Is this the same sort of > thing > as you? > > Regards > Andrew Hodges > > > >---------- > >From: Chris Brunner[SMTP:cjb@efn.org] > >Sent: Friday, January 23, 1998 11:13 AM > >To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Playing Midi files > > > >I have been trying to get midis to play well in FreeBSD since I got it, > >but I've had no luck. I set up the VOXWARE stuff all fine and dandy, but > >midis just sound really, really bad, if they play at all. Sometimes, > >there is no playback at all, sometimes I get a core dump. When I say they > >sound really bad, I mean the notes are the wrong instraments or not > >played, and sound off-tone. > >I have a SB32 PnP configured with Luigi's PnP driver running on FreeBSD > >2.2.5. The card has 2MB of onboard memory for loading soundfonts. > >Thanks a lot, this problem has been bothering me for the 2 years I've been > >running FreeBSD. > > > >- Chris Brunner - > >- cjb@efn.org - > > > > > >
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