[PlanetCCRMA] Timidity, QtSynth, amSynth, Hydrogen

[Rui Nuno Capela]

Steve Schmidt wrote:
> QtSynth:
> As for the QtSynth, the gui becomes useless shortly after it loads.
> I can use fluidsynth with Muse though.

Is this about qsynth? In that case, probably you don't have jackd running.
By default qsynth uses the JACK audio driver (as opposed to fluisynth,
which uses oss, IIRC). As stated on a qsynth's website note
(http:/qsynth.sourceforge.net):

"Unlike FluidSynth, the default audio driver for QSynth is set to jack,
for the low-latency Jack Audio Connection Kit. Therefore one has to start
the JACK server daemon (jackd) prior to run QSynth, and the QjackCtl
sister application may be a friendlier choice. To switch from this default
behaviour, you can run QSynth from the command-line giving it a suitable
option, where available:

for native ALSA audio driver:
 qsynth -a alsa

or, for native OSS audio driver:
 qsynth -a oss