Interesting. I haven't had to stop Pulse for my music work in years (but admittedly haven't worked on Fedora in a while, opting for the stability of Slackware and RHEL; maybe this apparent regression confirms my bias). Any way, glad you got it working! On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 5:18 AM Max Pyziur <pyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 May 2019, Seth Kenlon wrote: > > > For a MIDI file to produce sound out of Rosegarden (and probably most > > DAWs) you do have to assign the MIDI file an instrument. > > > > If the MIDI file is composed for General MIDI, you have to assign > > General MIDI to the track containing the MIDI file you are trying to > > play. I haven't used Timidity++ directly in a long while, but if I > > remember correctly, General MIDI is the default for it (although you > > can swap out instrument sets in timidiity.cfg). So in other words, > > while it *is* the default behaviour of Timidity to use General MIDI > > mappings in order to produce sound from a MIDI file, that is *not* the > > default for Rosegarden (et. al) because a DAW sort of expects you to > > assign your own instruments. > > > > If you are assigning an instrument (in Track Parameters) to the track > > in Rosegarden, then I'd look at your sound output settings. I imagine > > Rosegarden is sending sound output to something other than the > > speakers or headphones you expect to hear output from. The way I check > > for that is from the outside in: check all my physical cable > > connections, then my sound settings in pavuctl (Sound Settings in > > Gnome), then check JACK sound mappings, and then finally check > > Rosegarden sound mapping. > > Thank you for this. > > I now can plug in a USB MIDI hardward controller (Akai LPK25) and open > Rosengarden, and get sound output. I also can load a MIDI file (found on > some MIDI archive) into Rosengarden, and it plays. > > Not all Fedora-installed MIDI-related is functioning for me. > > But combined that's a start and gets me to the next set of obstacles. > > The critical set of instructions and web source that got me through this > is > Ted's Linux MIDI Guide > http://tedfelix.com/linux/linux-midi.html > > There's some explanation; critically Pulseaudio impedes MIDI functionality > and needs to be shutdown at the user level. The webpage provides a bash > init.d-style StartStopStatus script. It needs a bit of modification for > things such as the location the recommended soundfont. > > The webpage also provides examples of commands to use for diagnostic > purposes. > > fyi, > > MP > > > On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 9:43 AM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> On 5/24/19 6:32 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > >>> I then began working through your Rosengarden item. I connected my USB > >>> MIDI controller ((Akai LPK25). > >>> > >>> Started jackd, then qjacktl, and then Rosengarden. > >>> > >>> I loaded a MIDI file, pushed "play," and I get no sound. That's where I > >>> get stuck. > >>> > >>> As I mentioned, I can work w MuseScore, Transcribe!, Audacity, strip > >>> audio from videos using ffmpeg, etc. > >>> > >>> So, it seems that there are some services that need to be > >>> enabled/started or disabled/stopped to move further here. > >> > >> Try installing qsynth (gui for fluidsynth). Connect it to the midi port. > >> > >> I helped my son setup rosegarden to play around with some composing, so > >> I know it works. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
