Hedley Robertson wrote: > # aconnect -o > client 64: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 0-0' [type=kernel] > 0 'VirMIDI 0-0 ' > ... > client 128: 'TiMidity' [type=user] > 0 'TiMidity port 0 ' > > Playing directly to Timidity works and sounds great. Timidity runs > at about 50% processor utilization. > > aplaymidi -p 128:0 /root/Necromancer.mid > > Then I try to connect my virtmidi port and play through it. > > aconnect 64:0 128:0 > aplaymidi -p 64:0 /root/Necromancer.mid This doesn't play through the virmidi port. Virmidi is a driver that allows you to access sequencer ports through the old OSS /dev/midi* devices. Everything sent to 64:0 can be read from /dev/midi00, and everything sent to /dev/midi00 can be read from 64:0. Try snd-seq-dummy. HTH Clemens