Timidity++ is about the best software midi synthesizer for Linux. It is usually known to your package manager as timidity. Also, Ubuntu just got the Fluid release 3 soundfonts which will work with timidity. If your distro is Debian based, even if it isn't Ubuntu Hardy alpha, you can download the debs from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fluid-soundfont/fluid-soundfont-gm_3-0ubuntu1_all.deb and http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fluid-soundfont/fluid-soundfont-gs_3-0ubuntu1_all.deb You should just be able to wget those links if you use a command shell on a regular basis. These debs are almost certain to work on any Debian-based distro. If you have an rpm-based distro such as Fedora, the Fluid soundfonts may not be included, but you may alien the debs mentioned above. Aliening the debs should almost certainly work, since there is most likely no major difference in the filesystem hierarchy that would pose a problem for these packages. To setup timidity to work with the fluid soundfonts, just add the following 2 lines to the bottom of your /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg soundfont /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 soundfont /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GS.sf2 Also, you will probably want to comment out any line that mentions freepats, since this patchset is incomplete and doesn't sound as good as the fluid soundfonts. The line will look something like source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg Hope this helps, Lorenzo -- Make a change. Make a difference. Obama for America: our time has come! http://www.barackobama.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list