Re: [linux-audio-user] Apology

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Fri Jan 13 2006 - 06:52:24 EET

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:34 -0500, M P Smoak wrote:
> On Thursday 12 January 2006 23:16, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:09 -0500, M P Smoak wrote:
> > > I usually don't say much 'round here. Tonight I said a bit.
> > > Maybe too much. Well, like Leon said, "the firewaters not
> > > the villain". We got a group together here right now that
> > > cooking. Playin' the realbook. and folk composing. and me
> > > recording. and me not able to get any of it for you folks
> > > to hear cause of 'copyright concerns'.
> > >
> > > and last weekend, Joe brought in a tape. an out of tune
> > > tape. sounded real good and we worked on it. but I ditched
> > > the keyboard and went to alto sax. it's easy to tune; kb
> > > is impossible now. (kb pitchbend has a spring; i'm not
> > > ripping into the kb to take it out (but I'm tempted0)).
> > >
> > > And that reminds me of using aplaymidi and ctrl-whatever
> > > to play midi file. And how I really like linux but how
> > > could I reccomend it to one of the folks I play with.
> > >
> > > I've probably said too much, so i continue with this
> > > apology.
> >
> > Sorry, I think I just misunderstood.
> >
> > aplaymidi is really just for testing, it's not meant for
> > serious use.
> >
> > For regular MIDI playback, like Gene said, kmid is probably
> > the best option.
> >
> > As for the tuning slider, you are saying you want to be able
> > to tune the SBLive's synth? That's not supported
> > unfortunately.
> >
> > Lee
>
> Lee, please forgive me, but it must be somehow. I can use the
> pitchbend weel and get it in tune. So the kb doen't have a
> tuning slider; can't linux give me a slider? I mean it's a
> (sblive) midi synth that understands midi pitch shift . I
> don't really understand midi, but I think I know that pitch
> shift ain't missing.
>
> Again thanks (and I do think this must be of interest to others)

I just meant the driver currently does not have one, but you are right,
that could probably be implemented easily. I'll ask on the ALSA list.

Lee
Received on Fri Jan 13 08:15:12 2006

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