On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:59:49 +0100 Hermann Meyer <brummer-@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am 21.11.20 um 12:38 schrieb David Sumbler: > > > On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:58:04 +0100, > > > > wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:58:04 +0100 Hermann Meyer < > > > brummer-@xxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Am 20.11.20 um 17:40 schrieb David Sumbler: > > > > In Qtractor I can play the tracks through Timidity. The Track > > > > dialogue offers me sounds from the FLuidR3_GM soundfont and > > > > also soundbank-emg. But these sound identical, and I think > > > > only FluidR3_GM is being used, which I have set as the default > > > > in Timidity. > > > > > > > > I would like to use other sound fonts (e.g. Virtual-Playing- > > > > Orchestra3), but I have never worked out how to achieve this. > > > > > > Virtual-Playing-Orchestra3 is in the sfz format, to use it you'll > > > something like this: > > > https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz > > > > > > For using other sf2 files you may checkout this one: > > > https://github.com/brummer10/Fluida.lv2 > > > > Thank you for those suggestions. I have now managed to get Fluida > > installed (in addition to WhySynth). I also now have the relevant > > directories showing up in Qtractor's View_Options_Plugins window, > > and > > both items show up in the MIDI/Instrument section of Track > > Properties. > > > > However, even if I select an instrument from one of these, I still > > do > > not hear the appropriate sounds. I assume that I should be able to > > connect WhySynth or Fluida to Qtractor in the Connections window; > > but > > as I mentioned in my previous email, they don't show up there. > > > > Using the MIDI tab of Qtractor's Connections window I have "Midi > > Through" and "Qtractor" in the Readable column, and "Midi Through", > > "Timidity" and "Qtractor" in the Writable column. If I connect > > Qtractor to Timidity, I hear the FluidR3_GM sound regardless of > > which > > Instrument I have selected in Track Properties. If I disconnect > > Qtractor and Timidity, then I hear nothing at all. > > > > I am sure there must be something very basic I am missing here, but > > I > > have no idea what to do next. How do I get the Instrument I > > specify > > for a track in the Track Properties window actually to sound when I > > play the track in Qtractor? > > > > David > > > You need to activate the plugin (the little round toggle beside the > plugin name) and enable 'montor' in the mixer strip for the track you > want to hear. Thank you for that (and also to Rui for his reply). I hadn't realised that the little dot was a toggle and not merely a sort of "bullet- point". But even having activated the plugin as sugessted, I still had no sound. Eventually it occurred to me that, since (as I already mentioned) I wasn't seeing anything in the Connections window that I could connect Qtractor's output to, the problem was perhaps with Jack, rather than Qtractor. Most of the many settings in QJackCtl mean little or nothing to me, but I did spot that "Output Device" was set to "hw:NVidia". Even I could recognize that that was inappropriate, so I changed it to "default" and everything now works as expected. Thank you again for your help in this. David _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
