[PlanetCCRMA] amSynth under FC3 -- continued

Sat Mar 12 20:44:01 2005

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Hello all, 
 
I've at least gotten alsa to work and jack to start with no errors,
however when i try to get amSynth to start, I get the following: 
 
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:446:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
such file or directory 
Error opening ALSA sequencer. 
&lt;MidiInterface&gt; failed to open OSS midi device. 
&lt;MidiInterface&gt; couldn't open any MIDI drivers 
&lt;MidiController&gt; failed to init MIDI. midi_driver:auto 
failed to open any midi device 
 
 
**** There was an error starting the audio system **** 
 
please check your config in ~/.amSynthrc 
 
 
I am attaching my ~/.amSynthrc file.&nbsp; As far as I know, /dev/midi
doesn't exist, and neither does /dev/snd/seq -- I have no idea of how
to create them or what to "do" with or other configuration files to get
all of this to work.&nbsp; Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
 
 
Thanks so much, 
Brad 
 
Specs:
 
kernel 2.6.10-0.6.rdt.rhfc3.ccrma 
Fedora Core 3 
Dell OptiPlex GX400
 
640 MB ECC-DDR RAM
 
1.8GHz Pentium IV (no HT)
 
Audio Type:&nbsp; Soundblaster emulation
 
Audio Controller:&nbsp; Analog Devices AD1885 AC97 Codec w/ 16-bit stereo
conversion
 
intel8x0 with i850 chipset 
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#	~/.amSynthrc - configuration file for amSynth
#						http://amsynthe.sourceforge.net
#							(C) '01-'03 Nick Dowell

#
#	MIDI Input Configuration
#

# select midi driver to use [ auto / alsa / oss ]
# the ALSA driver uses the sequencer client interface. you will have to 
# 'aconnect' it to something to get input.

midi_driver 		auto

# set the OSS compatible midi device file to read input data from. 
# eg /dev/midi or /dev/midi00 for some systems.

oss_midi_device		/dev/midi

# midi channel to listen for events on. midi channels are numbered 1-16,
# setting midi channel to 0 will listen on all channels

midi_channel		0

#
#	AUDIO Output Configuration
#

# select audio driver to use. (auto/alsa-mmap/alsa/oss/jack)
# auto selects the best available driver (in the order jack alsa-mmap alsa oss)
# 
# for most people 'auto' will always be the best choice
#
# 'alsa-mmap' has better performance than 'alsa', but may be less compatible
# 'jack' is the best choice for interoperating with other music programs

audio_driver		jack

# set the OSS digital audio device to output to.

oss_audio_device	/dev/dsp

# set the ALSA pcm device to use
# you should probably set this to hw:0 or similar, if you know what youre doing

alsa_audio_device	default

# sets the sampling rate to use
#
# (this has no effect when using JACK - the jack server decides the sample rate)
#
# lower sampling rates use less CPU power, so more voices are usable at once.

sample_rate		48000

#
#	General Options
#

# sets the default maximum polyphony (simultaneous notes played)
# playing too many motes for your CPU power will do horrible things.
#
# Pentium3 class machines will safely do 16 voices, (pentium4 2.40GHz = 60)
#
# set this to 0 for unlimited polyphony

polyphony		16

# Specify a specific font to load for the interface

gui_font -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*

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