On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:35 am, isabellf wrote: > THis is what `/sbin/lsmod | grep snd` gives on my debian system running > 2.6.8 kernel: Thanks. There's a couple of really nice clues in there, particularly: snd_seq_midi 8608 1 snd_seq_midi_event 7936 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul 8064 1 snd_emux_synth snd_seq 53776 16 snd_seq_device 8264 7 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi > Note that you need to "asfxload" the sound fonts: > > asfxload midi/SoundFonts/PC51f.sf2 ( as root ) for sound to come out . > > PC51f.sf2 is a very nice soundfont (better that the one coming on SBlive > CD) , find it with google.hanks to everyone for the help. Yeah, I'd already worked that one out in trying to find a solution to my current problem. Not that I'm all that interested in using the card for MIDI synthesis. I'll have a play around with it when I get the time again. Will report the results back here. Thanks to everyone for the help.