Hi, Sorry for spamming this all over the place, but I wanted to reach as many Alsa-emu10k users/developers as possible. I would really like to know the extent of this problem. Since I can reproduce it on two machines I think it's a general error. Thanks /Robert Robert Jonsson wrote: > Hi, > > Thought I'd finally get around to reporting some stuff I found regarding > soundfont usage with emu10k (Sb Live) > > I've used this setup: > > Alsa 0.9beta3 > Linux 2.4.2 lowlatency patched and enabled > SB Live > 2mbgmgs.sf2 soundfont loaded <among others> > Testing primarily done with midifile /usr/share/apps/kmidi/Mission_Impossible.mid > default installed with kmidi, atleast on Mandrake systems. > > ================= And ================== > Alsa 0.5.10 > Linux 2.2.18 lowlatency patched > SB Live > <some big soundfont> > <Same midifile> > > Please note that these systems are entirely different machines, there are no > shared resources to fault for the below behaviour. > > What happens is that notes don't get played after a while, pretty soon ALL sound > is gone. This is very reproducable, To me it sounds pretty much the same on both > systems. > The problem is related to the sound-bank, in general with bigger banks (50MB) > sound start to dissolve sooner. Even loading different banks of about the same > size affect how soon the problem occurs. > If I start over (in Muse it means quitting and restarting) the same happens all > over again, sounds like somekind of allocation error ay? > > I tried both systems with: > > Muse version 0.3.16 - imported the midifile and played it (only tried on 2.4.2 >machine) > playmidi v2.4 - playmidi -a /usr/share/apps/kmidi/Mission_Impossible.mid > aplay (can't recall the exact arguments I gave, I think it was just the port and > midifile) > > Muse didn't sound exactly the same as the general midi players, but that could > be due to Muse using importfilters and a native playformat (or however it works) > > Regards, > Robert > > ------ > To unsubscribe from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mailing list send message > 'unsubscribe' in the body of message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > BUG/SMALL PATCH REPORTING SYSTEM: http://www.alsa-project.org/cgi-bin/bugs
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