Re: [linux-audio-user] Soundfonts

Could you suggest a script that will load soundfonts upon startup ?

Thanks,

Bob

On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 13:45 +0100, Bert Visser wrote:
> pascal lawrynowicz schreef:
> >
> >>>
> >>> pascal lawrynowicz wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm running a 64studio and have a trouble using it with Creative
> >>>> Sound Blaster Platinum Live DriveII sound device (pretty old but
> >>>> really cheap for what I need).
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm sure there's soundfonts in the device, allright?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Not unless you actually loaded them. Try something like this command:
> >>>
> >>> asfxload /path/to/some/soundfont.sf2
> >>>
> >>> Good luck. Some distros seem to think sfxload/asfxload are
> >>> negligible items or at least worthy of hidden status. I guess they
> >>> figure we can stuff the fonts into the card by hand. :(
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> dp
> >>>
> > Hello, I want to know more :
> > I've heard of this command before, but I want to understand this
> > deeper : if I'll use asfxload it's to import external soundfonts in my
> > device. But I already used these cards on Win$ and the soundfonts were
> > already in there... And from what I heard it's the particularity of
> > this device there's already SF inside... So how can I have a direct
> > access to them.
> >
> > PL
> > www.percunivers.com
> >
> Hello,
>
> There are no soundfonts in these cards; they have to be loaded. On Win$
> the GM soundfont is loaded during the installation of the card and it
> stays there, even after shutting down (well actually, it is loaded by
> default on startup). On Linux the soundfonts are not kept in the card
> but have to be loaded every time you boot. Of course you can always make
> a little script which gets executed at startup.
>
> Greetings,
> Bert
Received on Mon Feb 12 00:15:03 2007