Hi Carlyle! Of course loading the .bnk files doesn't work. They are only text-files, at least last time I looked. You can visit hammersound.net for soundfonts, if the site works again. Or take a look at Dave's page, he listed a few pages for soundfonts and other sounds: http://linux-sound.org Besides that try some softsynths (with completely different sounds) or give TiMidity another try. Which version do you have? Try timidity -h, this should give the programs help again, there should be something about alsasequencer devices. I have 2.13, but I think it's been there for a bit longer. If you don't have any external midi-keyboards, then your card midi I/O (16 and 20) are useless at the moment. Kindest regards Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de