On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 03:33:07PM +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 04:59:45PM -0700, 4625 wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:08:55PM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > > > > > > > I think your problem can be traced to the different default > > > > > > > > > voices. > > > > > > > > I've test timidity with a different sound fonts and with the > > > > > > > > same config, like I have one in FreeBSD, on the same PC. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if FreeBSD's patch-playmidi would make any difference. > > > > > > It is not port or patch problem, but perfomance (on my opinion). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > maybe you don't. but for me, multichannel audio is more important > > > > > > > for a desktop than some busted old software midi player. > > > > > > > > It would be nice to hope that there is exist good substitute for > > > > timidity, > > > > which able to produce sound with the same quality. > > > > > > did you try that timidity patch from freebsd I refered you to? > > Sure. > > > > > > > > > > But I'm sure, I should boot > > > > > > > > FreeBSD-4.11 to listen midi files. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > or you could use a less ancient midi player. > > > > > > Could you advice me one? > > > > > > > > > > I like fluidsynth. > > > > Well, I got it. Could you explain me how do you ran it? > > > > > > the way the manual says to. > > What make you think that I did not saw the manual? > > > > IMHO this discussion is taking the wrong direction. > > I use MIDI a lot, exclusively on OpenBSD; both for playback, > recording, editting and basic real-time "filtering". > > Feel free to ask for hints and to explain what you try to do > with MIDI and -- most importantly -- with what MIDI hardware. > Either privately or on the list, if you feel there's > something others should know. > > To quickly summarize where OpenBSD is: > > - harware synths, keyboards, control surfaces etc... just > work, and are fully usable for real-time stuff since few years. > After all MIDI is a dumb serial port. > > - opl(4), pcppi(4) are almost useless and seem > unmaintained, I have plans to work on them (or anything > based on src/sys/dev/midisyn.h).
of course, I have absolutely _no_ plans to work on them... ...other than possibly removing them if one day they block development. sorry for the typo. -- Alexandre
