[PlanetCCRMA] [Fwd: timidity]

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> [root@localhost@localdomain root]# timidity -iA
> mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding
> TiMidity starting in ALSA server mode
> set SCHED_FIFO
> Opening sequencer port: 130:0 130:1

Hmmm, that sounds about right. 

Try this:
  timidity -iA -Os
(-Os sets the output to alsa pcm)

Now you should have it running. You need to connect something to the
alsa sequencer port so that you can "play" the synth. You could try to
start vkeybd (that's a small virtual keyboard), then start kaconnect (an
alsa sequencer patchbay) and use it to connect the virtual keyboard to
timidity. After you connect them you should be able to play sounds...
make sure arts is not running (otherwise it will block other programs
from using the sound card). I just tried it here and it works. You will
need to tweak the buffer size of timidity for real time playing, the
default is quite long...

-- Fernando