Re: [LAU] No joy with AVlinux

more information about JACK and ALSA MIDI here:

http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/faq/start#qwhat_is_the_difference_between_jack-midi_and_alsa-midi

2010/12/1 diego simak <diego.simak@email-addr-hidden>:
> Hi Batz,
>
> 2010/12/1 Batz <batzman-lau@email-addr-hidden-electric.com>:
>> Y-ellow All.
>>        OK. need some help here. I regret to say that I'm not getting much
>> mileage out of AVlinux. I haven't felt quite like throwing a computer out
>> the window, since Turtle Beach first started making sound cards. Well, OK,
>> It's not quite that bad but it's certainly reminiscent. Ah them were the
>> days... However I think my days of experiments in computer aerodynamics are
>> behind me. :) I hope.
>>
>> I'm not even quite sure what questions to ask at this point. There is so
>> much not working properly. It all seems quite hopeless. So ultimately; I
>> need to know if I am wasting my time or should I persist? Should I move on
>> and try a different distro? Though I actually like the distro it self.
>>
>> The test bed is fairly simple...
>>
>> 2.8 gig P4
>> 1 gig RAM
>> Hoontech DSP124 (Envy24) sound card.
>> Evolution MK249 USB keyboard.
>>
>> The final system will be different to this but this will have to do as a
>> proof of concept. All of which appears to work in and of it self.
>>
>> For the most part, software will either connect to MIDI or Audio but not
>> both. All except for that little drum machine thing. Hydrogen? I get sound
>> and MIDI but it Xruns and crashes regularly. I'm not so much worried about
>> the Xruns at this point. There are bigger issues. Linux sampler only works
>> as a Zynjacku plug in. Except that Zynjacku's MIDI comes up in the MIDI tab
>> of JACK. Everything else comes in under the ALSA tab. Which means there's no
>> way to connect to it. Or no obvious way.
>>
>
> This is where I can help you now:
> make sure that you select in jack setup (using qjackctl for example)
> the MIDI Driver as "seq"
> You can use also a2jmidid (http://home.gna.org/a2jmidid/) in order to
> expose the ALSA Midi ports in JACK
> good luck and dont give up
>

more information about JACK and ALSA MIDI here:

http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/faq/start#qwhat_is_the_difference_between_jack-midi_and_alsa-midi

>> Yoshimi looked really interesting. It looks as though you can use samples as
>> oscillators which could be what I'm after. Except that as above, I can't
>> connect MIDI into it. And even when using the little keyboard applet/window,
>> it crashes a lot. Usually it takes JACK out as well. To the point of
>> requiring a reboot. Because the frozen windows lock themselves and I can't
>> kill them. And JACK won't connect anything after that. I guess I could find
>> the process and kill it. I can't see that being very helpful up on stage in
>> front of an audience though. And the last time it crashed, it seems to have
>> crashed permanently. Yoshimi will load and lock it self and that's all.
>>
>> Perhaps the recording apps work well. I don't know. I'm not set up to test
>> that. And this is not my current focus.
>>
>> So anyway, if any of this sound familiar and is easily fixed then I'd be
>> over the moon to hear about it. Or alternatively, should I move on to try
>> another distro?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Be absolutely icebox.
>>
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