Midi files

cwizardone · 09-04-2007, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Okay, people, here's a one-stop solution for getting MIDI to work:

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~dugan/timidity/ ...

Thank you very much! That worked perfectly.
You did a great job putting that solution together!
Thanks, again.

MannyNix · 09-04-2007, 11:00 AM

Thanks dugan, Nice job!
I wish there was a TiMidity++.SlackBuild @ slackbuilds.org too, so we could say:

Code:

<program> depends on <program> (mandatory) and TiMidity++ (optional), both of
which are available from slackbuilds.org.

Probably easier for users to download everything from the same place.
Any takers?

dugan · 09-04-2007, 05:37 PM

Hey thanks people. Glad it worked!

I don't think my SlackBuild fits SlackBuilds.org's style, so putting a TiMidity++ SlackBuild on SlackBuilds.org is a project I'll leave for someone else.

cwizardone · 05-02-2009, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Hey thanks people. Glad it worked!

I don't think my SlackBuild fits SlackBuilds.org's style, so putting a TiMidity++ SlackBuild on SlackBuilds.org is a project I'll leave for someone else.

It has been almost two years and back then Dugan's instructions worked
perfectly, but today I tried it again and wasn't as lucky.
The package appeared to build correct, i.e., I didn't see any errors and there were no errors on installation.
I edited the rc.local file in /etc/rc.d as per the instructions, but upon rebooting I got an error message that the rc.timidity file cannot be found. I looked and that is correct, it doesn't exist.

How do I create the rc.timidity file?

Thanks.

Daedra · 05-02-2009, 08:29 PM

I used timidity for years but lately I have been having more issues with it than successes, plus its hardly updated anymore, in fact nothing major has been updated in years, I recently switched to fluidsynth and it works 100%, the only real difference it relies more on soundfonts but it works pretty much the same as timidity. here is the slackbuilds page

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...io/fluidsynth/

After you compile and install all you will need to make it work is a soundfont, think of a soundfont as a regular font but instead you get different "sounds" with each different fonts. A good all purpose soundfont is the one that is supplied by creative for there Soundblaster series of soundcards, here is a link

http://www.alsa-project.org/~james/s...s/8MBGMSFX.SF2

Once you have the soundfont you can now launch fluidsynth. The best way is to run fluidsynth in server mode with the following command

fluidsynth -m alsa_seq /*pathtofont*/Soundfont/8MBGMSFX.SF2

Just like timidity this will assign port 128:0 for midi which you can set in audacious or various other players for midi playback. After you get it working you can then play around with different soundfonts to get different playback with your midis.

GOOD LUCK

dugan · 06-26-2009, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

It has been almost two years and back then Dugan's instructions worked perfectly, but today I tried it again and wasn't as lucky. The package appeared to build correct, i.e., I didn't see any errors and there were no errors on installation. I edited the rc.local file in /etc/rc.d as per the instructions, but upon rebooting I got an error message that the rc.timidity file cannot be found. I looked and that is correct, it doesn't exist.

I just saw this. Hence the late reply.

When I saw it, I immediately retested the SlackBuild (on Slackware 12.2). It worked. The rc.timidity script (which is contained in the SlackBuild) got installed in /etc/rc.d and was executable. Entering /etc/rc.d/rc.timidity start then started TiMidity++ in Alsa server mode.

I don't know what happened when you tried it, but I don't think i will happen again.

Daedra · 06-27-2009, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Okay, people, here's a one-stop solution for getting MIDI to work:

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~dugan/timidity/

It's a TiMidity++ SlackBuild that also installs eawpats and adds a TiMidity script to rc.d. Afterwards, you will have a working MIDI port at 128:0. You will also be able to use TiMidity to play MIDI files directly, and hear music in games that use the TiMidity libraries (such as prBoom and Exult).

I've tested it on a fresh full install of Slackware 12.

I use Dugan's slackbuild and +1 for tested and works.

However I did try it with current a few months back I was getting alsa errors when using alsa_seq, but today I used the patches from the slackbuilds.org version and manually added them to your buildscript and it started working again, just FYI.

cwizardone · 06-27-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

I just saw this. Hence the late reply.

When I saw it, I immediately retested the SlackBuild (on Slackware 12.2). It worked. The rc.timidity script (which is contained in the SlackBuild) got installed in /etc/rc.d and was executable. Entering /etc/rc.d/rc.timidity start then started TiMidity++ in Alsa server mode.

I don't know what happened when you tried it, but I don't think i will happen again.

Dugan,
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I downloaded fresh copies of the SlackBuild and the Source, but regret to report that upon trying again, the results were that same,
that is, the rc.timidity script was not created and, btw, it is not contained in the SlackBuild.
Perhaps, if it isn't too long, you could cut and pasted here?
Thanks for all your help.

dugan · 06-27-2009, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

I downloaded fresh copies of the SlackBuild and the Source, but regret to report that upon trying again, the results were that same, that is, the rc.timidity script was not created and, btw, it is not contained in the SlackBuild.

I can't fix the problems you're having because I can't reproduce them!

Five minutes ago, I downloaded the SlackBuild again from the first link on my webpage (under the heading of "Download the SlackBuild"). When I untarred it, these are the files it contained:

doinst.sh.gz
eawpats12_full.tar.gz.sha1
rc.timidity
README.Slackware
slack-desc
TiMidity++-2.13.2.tar.bz2.sha1
TiMidity++.SlackBuild
timidity.csh
timidity.sh

And btw, this is the SlackBuild tarball's md5sum:

Code:

7ac1929d6bba4ec9fb6fd5d5914ea2c0 *TiMidity++_SlackBuild.tar.bz2

Quote:

Perhaps, if it isn't too long, you could cut and pasted here?
Thanks for all your help.

Sure. This is the rc.timidity file from the tarball that I just finished downloading from my webpage and extracting:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop/restart the TiMidity++ ALSA server:

TIMIDITY_OPTIONS="-iAD -B2,8 -Os # -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0"

#Use the following for an older computer
#TIMIDITY_OPTIONS="-iAD -B2,8 -Os # -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0"

if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
  echo "Stopping TiMidity++..."
  killall timidity
elif [ "$1" = "restart" ]; then
  echo "Restarting TiMidity++..."
  killall timidity
  sleep 1
  timidity $TIMIDITY_OPTIONS
else # assume $1 = start:
  echo "Starting TiMidity++..."
  timidity $TIMIDITY_OPTIONS 
fi

dugan · 06-27-2009, 10:29 PM

Argh. Duplicate post.

vharishankar · 06-28-2009, 12:25 AM

I have got MIDI to work on Linux. I even compose small pieces using Rosegarden.

Here are reasonably detailed instructions for timidity:

http://harishankar.org/blog/entry.ph...-midi-on-linux

If you don't like Timidity you can also use Fluidsynth with Qsynth / Soundfonts. Qsynth is a GUI tool so it's easier for those who don't prefer messing with text files.
http://harishankar.org/blog/entry.ph...synth-in-linux

cwizardone · 06-28-2009, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Five minutes ago, I downloaded the SlackBuild again from the first link on my webpage (under the heading of "Download the SlackBuild")....

Upon reading the above I realized my mistake. I wasn't using YOUR SlackBuild script, I was using the one from SlackBuild.org.
I tried again using your script and, Bingo, it worked.
Thanks very much!

Now, if I can get Firefox and/or Opera to use mozplugger. The plugin is installed but neither browser sees it for whatever reasons.
Thanks, again.

dugan · 06-28-2009, 02:59 PM

I actually haven't tested Mozplugger since Firefox 2, but did you remember to delete Firefox's pluginreg.dat file?

cwizardone · 06-29-2009, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

I actually haven't tested Mozplugger since Firefox 2, but did you remember to delete Firefox's pluginreg.dat file?

I did, but it didn't make a difference.

Erik_FL · 06-29-2009, 09:36 PM

I was able to get Dugan's package to work, once. As soon as I rebooted the synthesizer would not play anything (no sound). I manually stopped and restarted timidity and still no sound. The player seems to be playing and has the timidity channel 0 selected.

I'm using an ASUS P6T with a Core i7 CPU at 3.65 GHz. It took me a while to get the audio working. The Mixer is still not quite right. I'm wondering if the codec is just not supported by timidity.