Christian Henz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:21:04AM -0500, David Evans wrote: > >>my computer is a dell dimension, which apparently has a yamaha xg64v >>wavetable card built into the motherboard. suse detected it and called >>it a Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF724F). it works for playing CDs and mp3s, >>using xmms or mpg123. i've read the article at: >>http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/4-sequencers_and_softsynths/quick-toot-midisynth_howto.html >>and with that i got a virtual midi device working. but i don't really >>understand what i'm doing there. and hydrogen still makes no sound. >> > > > Hydrogen should produce sound as soon as you click on the play buttons in the mixer window. > > To use it with MIDI, you don't need the virtual device. Hydrogen, like other ALSA-enabled MIDI applications, creates it's own virtual MIDI port (use 'aconnect -lo' to see it). In order to send MIDI to Hydrogen, you need to connect this port to some input port (use 'aconnect -li' to see which ones are available). > > You can use aconnect or similar tools to make these connections. Sequencer applications like muse and rosegarden can also do this. suse comes with the kaconnect tool which is a graphic midi patchbay. if you are not scared of building your own software, there's qjackctl.sourceforge.net, which combines a front-end to the jack server, and both a jack and alsa midi patchbay. i use it daily, and it's great imho. -- The handles of a craftsman's tools bespeak an absolute simplicity, the plainest forms affording the greatest range of possibilities for the user's hand. That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace. - William Gibson, "All Tomorrow's Parties" J?rn Nettingsmeier Kurf?rstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxaudiodev.org (Linux Audio Developers)
