Thanks for the respose, Dave. Appreciated.
Dave Phillips wrote:
Bob van der Poel wrote:
... I see a need to be able to split the MMA track into several audio
tracks ... one for each MIDI track. So, question 1: what linux
software will act as a synth which will split the midi out into
separate audio tracks? I looked at timidity, and it doesn't appear to
have that feature. If I've missed something there, I still have a
problem with the quite awful default sounds it has ... so if I need to
use timidity, where would I get better sounds. Or would I be better
off to play/record the background multiple times though the hardware
synth ... But I don't see how I'd ever get that synchronized.
I sometimes record exactly as you've described. I use QSynth set up for
separate engines per instrument, that way each engine can be assigned a
different audio connection in QJackCtl. I also use midirgui, a nice MIDI
channelizer/router that lets me set up discrete channel assignments so
that, for example, the engine playing the drums receives *only* messages
sent to channel 10 (and no other channels). Anyway, I route the audio
output to separate tracks in Ardour or ecasound, and voila, multitrack
recording from QSynth.
Okay. Worked awhile today and got it going. Ending up playing a file to
my external synth and then sending one track to qsynth. The operation of
all this is not the intuitive ... but, I got it running. Gotta say it's
neat ... but gotta say it sounds awful as well. To my ear the tracks
going to qsynth are out of pitch and time with the external keyboard.
But, I suspect that is to be expected?
Now, I suppose I could bank up a bunch of software synths and get it
running.
Btw, TiMidity uses soundfonts too, its sounds are only as good as the
font it renders.
Yes. I've just installed the eaw font and it sounds much better than the
default. Anyone know where I can grab anything better than that? I did
get something called FLuidR3 GM.sf2. It runs fine with fluidsynth, but I
don't see anyway to use it with timidity. I can't find the program to
create the config files.
Question 2: Assuming that I have recorded a decent multi-track
background, can I use audacity to record my sax playing off a mixer
board? I've got a ICE1712 - M Audio Audiophile 24/96 audio card.
Sure, just route the mixer output into into one of your card inputs.
Make sure you check and test the output level.
Yes, that part I understand. Guess what I was meaning to ask was what
quality I could expect compared to an external flash-card based recorder
I'm using now. Same/worse/better?
Oh, if anyone is interested I have put a few recordings I'm made with
MMA, etc. on http://www.mellowood.ca/music/recordings
Best,
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
