Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 21:40:52 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Brunner <cjb@efn.org> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Playing Midi files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980124213750.13022C-100000@person.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980124231558.durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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> I can't claim to know very much, as I just discovered it myself, but > it has "pattern" files for all the instruments in /usr/local/lib/timidity/patch. > I assume these are samples of the instrument waveform. Yes, I think that's how it does it. Ever heard of a DOS program called Cubic Player? Does the same thing. > Only thing I can suggest is check IRQ's and DMA's carefully. ALso, make > sure you have all the special files by doing sh MAKEDEV snd0 in /dev. > Maybe something is hosed there? All the "0" devices should have a link > to the master device name, like dsp0 should link to dsp. You probably > have checked this stuff, but just in case... I don't think that's it. I can play other formats fine, like mod, wav, mp3, etc., it's just the midis that I have trouble with. > If all that fails, perhaps it's something incompatable in the 2.2.5 > sound driver. However, I used to do midi on 2.2.1 using "playmidi" and > had fairly good results...not as good as timidity. Really? You got playmidi to work? I was never able to do so satisfactorally. It sounded REALLY REALLY bad. Unlistenably so. Sounded like it was going to crash or something. Thanks a lot! Chris Brunner cjb@efn.org
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