Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] GS soundfont set... trouble loading them
From: Russell Hanaghan (hanaghan_AT_starband.net)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 01:37:17 EEST
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 14:46, Joel Roth wrote:
> 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
I think asfxload was specifically designed to load soundfonts into a
Soundblaster type card that needs soundfonts to work. It seems you have
an ESS based card and also an Envy24 chip on the other. Don't know if
the Hoontech is capable of having soundfonts loaded directly to it. I
now the ESS is not.
If you want to use soundfonts u need to run them in a softsynth like
FLuidsynth and connect your midi ports via aconnect or Qjackctl midi
window. Qsynth is the handiest app I've seen which acts as a GUI for
FLuidsynth.
>
> 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]
>
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