Qsynth1: Failed to create the audio driver (alsa)

hedron · 06-20-2011, 09:05 PM

I've installed both fluidsynth and qsynth, but get this error everytime I run qsynth. I'm trying to use my m-audio keyrig 49 just to practice playing the piano. I don't really care about having a whole DAW and whatever, I just want to play my keyboard. Maybe there is a better way than qsynth?

Also, this happens:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa restart
Loading ALSA mixer settings:  /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
No state is present for card K49
Unknown hardware: "USB-Audio" "USB Mixer" "USB0763:019b" "" ""
Hardware is initialized using a guess method
No state is present for card K49

I don't know that it has to do with my qsynth problem or not. I just thought I'd throw it in just in case it does.

Also, xmms recognizes my keyboard in the alsa preferences, where the mixer device is.

smallpond · 06-21-2011, 04:23 PM

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._Kernel_Update

Is sound not working or are you just concerned about the message?

ALSA motto: working to bring you a quieter world. (j/k)

hedron · 06-21-2011, 10:14 PM

Well, I want to play my keyboard. M-Audio KeyRig 49: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/KeyRig49.html. Alsa is working fine. At least, xmms plays fine.

almatic · 06-21-2011, 10:40 PM

Have you seen this ?

http://usb-midi-fw.sourceforge.net/

It seems that this firmware is supposed to work with your device. I don't have such a keyboard however, so I don't speak from experience. I just did a google search.

hedron · 06-21-2011, 10:56 PM

OK, I tried installing that but its config script wants udev but I already have udev. Thanks though.