Laura Conrad wrote: >>>>>>"Maarten" == Maarten de Boer <mdeboer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> When I run "playmidi -a score.midi", it looks like it's > >> playing, but there isn't any sound. (Yes, the speaker is plugged into > >> the right place.) I've looked at the mixer settings > >> and don't see anything obvious to change. > > Maarten> Did you load a soundfont with sfxload? > > No, that must have been the problem. Now I have a new problem, > because I've tried several soundfonts, and some of them don't work at > all (no sound), and some of them produce a really scary noise. I > think they all came from either the SBLive cd or my old Soundblaster > CD. > > Maarten> (You could use the 8gmgsmt.sf2 (i think) soundfont that > Maarten> comes on the SBLive driver cd) > > One of the ones that produces a scary noise is called 8mbgmsfx.sf2. > Is that what you're thinking of? I don't seem to have an 8gmgsmt.sf2. 8MBGMSFX.SF2 that's the one from soundblaster cd (that came with the card), works for me (kernel 2.6.5 with alsa, soundbalster live platinum), I use sfxload to load it (IIRC you need /dev/sequencer working). erik
