Re: [linux-audio-user] GS soundfont set... trouble loading them

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] GS soundfont set... trouble loading them
From: Joel Roth (res0u2uc_AT_verizon.net)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 00:46:00 EEST


On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:07:04AM +0200, Frank Neumann wrote:
>. But then I remember we had this issue before (roughly 2 years ago), and
> though this is an older version, I remember I had asked a certain person ;)
> to "cache" this file for those without Windows access... and yes, it's still
> there: http://inanna.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~swh/fluid-unpacked/ :)

Thanks for this reference.

I'm setting up Midi for the first time,
having a bit of trouble getting some midi-originated sounds
out of the soundcard. Looked through the various HOWTOs.

I failed loading these fonts:
   
   $ asfxload FluidR3-GM.sf2
   No Emux synth hwdep device is found

But there is some synth-related info in /proc/asound/hwdep

   00-00: OPL3 FM

And then looking at /proc/asound/oss/sndstat

   Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.5a emulation code)
   Kernel: Linux sprite 2.4.25 #12 Thu Jul 8 14:42:08 HST 2004 i686
   Config options: 0
   
   Installed drivers:
   Type 10: ALSA emulation
   
   Card config:
   ESS AudioDrive ES1869 at 0x220, irq 5, dma1 0, dma2 3
   Hoontech SoundTrack Audio DSP24 at 0x2440, irq 11
   Virtual MIDI Card 1
   
   Audio devices:
   0: ESS AudioDrive ES1869 (DUPLEX)
   1: ICE1712 multi (DUPLEX)
   
   Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Would this be in my kernel configuration??
Or perhaps /etc/modules.conf?

Could someone suggest relevant options?
   
   Midi devices:
   0: ESS AudioDrive ES1869 MIDI
   1: Hoontech SoundTrack Audio DSP24 MIDI
   2: Virtual Raw MIDI
   
   Timers:
   7: system timer
   
   Mixers:
   0: ESS AudioDrive ES1869
   1: SigmaTel STAC9721/23
   2: mixer20

Finally, the list of installed modules. Probably some
unnecessary. My last tries were snd-gus-synth and
snd-emux-synth. Thanks for reading.

Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-gus-synth 8864 0 (unused)
snd-gus-lib 32384 0 [snd-gus-synth]
snd-ainstr-simple 2308 0 [snd-gus-synth]
snd-ainstr-iw 5236 0 [snd-gus-synth]
snd-ainstr-gf1 3780 0 [snd-gus-synth]
snd-emux-synth 29692 0 (unused)
snd-util-mem 1264 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-dummy 1868 0 (unused)
snd-virmidi 1412 0
snd-seq-virmidi 3336 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-virmidi]
snd-seq-midi 4000 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3328 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi]
snd-opl3-synth 10212 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-instr 5344 0 (autoclean) [snd-gus-synth snd-opl3-synth]
snd-seq-midi-emul 5120 0 (autoclean) [snd-gus-synth snd-emux-synth snd-opl3-synth]
snd-ainstr-fm 1940 0 (autoclean) [snd-opl3-synth]
snd-seq 37808 0 (autoclean) [snd-gus-synth snd-emux-synth snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul]
iptable_filter 1740 1 (autoclean)
xfs 506616 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 39240 0
snd-mixer-oss 14040 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-emu10k1x 5232 0 (unused)
snd-ice1712 44132 0
snd-ac97-codec 54588 0 [snd-emu10k1x snd-ice1712]
snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx 1488 0 [snd-ice1712]
snd-cs8427 6632 0 [snd-ice1712]
snd-i2c 2716 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-cs8427]
snd-ak4xxx-adda 3852 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx]
snd-es18xx 18992 0
snd-pnp 3088 0 [snd-es18xx]
snd-pcm 60128 0 [snd-gus-lib snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1x snd-ice1712 snd-es18xx]
snd-page-alloc 6584 0 [snd-emu10k1x snd-pcm]
snd-opl3-lib 6628 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-es18xx]
snd-hwdep 5376 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-opl3-lib]
snd-timer 14820 0 [snd-gus-lib snd-seq snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib]
snd-mpu401-uart 3616 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-es18xx]
snd-rawmidi 13504 0 [snd-gus-lib snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4224 0 [snd-gus-synth snd-gus-lib snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi]
snd 31972 0 [snd-gus-lib snd-ainstr-iw snd-ainstr-gf1 snd-emux-synth snd-util-mem snd-seq-dummy snd-virmidi snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1x snd-ice1712 snd-ac97-codec snd-cs8427 snd-i2c snd-ak4xxx-adda snd-es18xx snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
mpu401 20868 0 (unused)
sound 58804 0 [mpu401]
soundcore 3620 21 [snd sound]
 

-- 
Joel Roth


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